The Ruling on a Wife’s Obedience in Requesting Divorce
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The questioner:
The brother Yunes 'Abd al-Karim, residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, says: I am married to a woman, and after only three months she asked me for a divorce. I want her and love her, but she is insistent on separation due to some problems that occurred between us.
The Shaykh:
Give her the rights she is entitled to, such as financial maintenance and good treatment, but do not obey her in anything beyond that. Yes.
The presenter:
He does not obey her regarding the matter of divorce.
The Shaykh:
Divorce is in his hand, not in hers.
The presenter:
I mean if she asks and insists repeatedly.
The Shaykh:
If she is in the right, meaning he has been negligent in her rights or she has rights over him, he gives them to her. But if he has not been negligent and is giving her her rights and maintenance, he does not obey her in the divorce.
The brother Yunes 'Abd al-Karim, residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, says: I am married to a woman, and after only three months she asked me for a divorce. I want her and love her, but she is insistent on separation due to some problems that occurred between us.
The Shaykh:
Give her the rights she is entitled to, such as financial maintenance and good treatment, but do not obey her in anything beyond that. Yes.
The presenter:
He does not obey her regarding the matter of divorce.
The Shaykh:
Divorce is in his hand, not in hers.
The presenter:
I mean if she asks and insists repeatedly.
The Shaykh:
If she is in the right, meaning he has been negligent in her rights or she has rights over him, he gives them to her. But if he has not been negligent and is giving her her rights and maintenance, he does not obey her in the divorce.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7505 — youtube.com (4:03)
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