Obedience to the Father in Divorcing the Wife
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My father ordered me to divorce my wife, and if I do not do so, he will boycott me. What should I do? May Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
What do they want?
The questioner:
He says: My father ordered me to divorce my wife, and if I do not do so, he will boycott me.
The Shaykh:
We do not know what the reason is. If the reason is valid and the father has a valid observation—such as this wife not being suitable in her religion or her honor—then it is obligatory for you to divorce her, even if your father had not ordered it. If he has ordered it, then it is all the more so. However, if the woman is upright in her religion, guarding her honor, and there is no [issue], then you are not required to obey your father in this. You are not required to obey your father in this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My father ordered me to divorce my wife, and if I do not do so, he will boycott me. What should I do? May Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
What do they want?
The questioner:
He says: My father ordered me to divorce my wife, and if I do not do so, he will boycott me.
The Shaykh:
We do not know what the reason is. If the reason is valid and the father has a valid observation—such as this wife not being suitable in her religion or her honor—then it is obligatory for you to divorce her, even if your father had not ordered it. If he has ordered it, then it is all the more so. However, if the woman is upright in her religion, guarding her honor, and there is no [issue], then you are not required to obey your father in this. You are not required to obey your father in this. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:17:59)
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