The ruling on leaving a wife in a state of suspension without divorce when cohabitation becomes impossible
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Question:
We begin with a letter from the questioner Abu Muhsin. He says: If marital cohabitation becomes impossible between the husband and wife, and all means of reconciliation have been exhausted by both parties, but no permission was granted due to the increase of problems and their continuation, which affected the children and worsened the wife’s mental state, and she requested a divorce, but the husband left her in a state of suspension without divorcing her for ten years, is he entitled to do that, and what is the Islamic ruling?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. After that: Marital disputes, and other disputes and litigation, are referred to shared Shari'ah advice for consideration. One should not be reluctant to issue a fatwa. This is what improves the judgment.
However, if a disagreement arises between the husband and wife that is not conducive to well-being, and they are unable to live together in a manner befitting the known good, the first advice to them is for the sake of the children, and for the sake of the household and the marital bond.
And it is required of any person of good who learns of the dispute between them to intervene to reconcile them, whether from their relatives or from their Muslim brothers. The issue of success is also required, which is transferring the problem, and if we err in the hearts, but if reconciliation does not occur, then if he does not return to the Shari'ah court to look into that,
We begin with a letter from the questioner Abu Muhsin. He says: If marital cohabitation becomes impossible between the husband and wife, and all means of reconciliation have been exhausted by both parties, but no permission was granted due to the increase of problems and their continuation, which affected the children and worsened the wife’s mental state, and she requested a divorce, but the husband left her in a state of suspension without divorcing her for ten years, is he entitled to do that, and what is the Islamic ruling?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. After that: Marital disputes, and other disputes and litigation, are referred to shared Shari'ah advice for consideration. One should not be reluctant to issue a fatwa. This is what improves the judgment.
However, if a disagreement arises between the husband and wife that is not conducive to well-being, and they are unable to live together in a manner befitting the known good, the first advice to them is for the sake of the children, and for the sake of the household and the marital bond.
And it is required of any person of good who learns of the dispute between them to intervene to reconcile them, whether from their relatives or from their Muslim brothers. The issue of success is also required, which is transferring the problem, and if we err in the hearts, but if reconciliation does not occur, then if he does not return to the Shari'ah court to look into that,
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