A woman preventing her husband from plural marriage and requesting divorce
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: This is a woman from outside this country who says she is eager to seek knowledge, to wear the Shari'ah-prescribed clothing, and to follow the Sunnah, but her husband wants to practice plural marriage, and she prevents him and requests a divorce. Her question is: Am I sinful for this action?
The Shaykh:
What does marriage have to do with what question is this?
The questioner:
She says, may Allah preserve you, she is a woman from outside this country, and she is eager to seek knowledge, to wear the Shari'ah-prescribed clothing, and to follow the Sunnah, and her husband wants to practice plural marriage, and she prevents him, and she requests a divorce from him because of that. Is she sinful for this request?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that she is sinful because she prevents him from what Allah has made permissible for him. He has the right to practice plural marriage, but he must be just between the wives in financial maintenance, clothing, lodging, and residence. He must be just among them, and she has no right to prevent him if he is just in what Allah has made obligatory for him to do for her. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: This is a woman from outside this country who says she is eager to seek knowledge, to wear the Shari'ah-prescribed clothing, and to follow the Sunnah, but her husband wants to practice plural marriage, and she prevents him and requests a divorce. Her question is: Am I sinful for this action?
The Shaykh:
What does marriage have to do with what question is this?
The questioner:
She says, may Allah preserve you, she is a woman from outside this country, and she is eager to seek knowledge, to wear the Shari'ah-prescribed clothing, and to follow the Sunnah, and her husband wants to practice plural marriage, and she prevents him, and she requests a divorce from him because of that. Is she sinful for this request?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that she is sinful because she prevents him from what Allah has made permissible for him. He has the right to practice plural marriage, but he must be just between the wives in financial maintenance, clothing, lodging, and residence. He must be just among them, and she has no right to prevent him if he is just in what Allah has made obligatory for him to do for her. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين24-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:30)
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