He said: It is forbidden for me, effective from this day
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Fatwa number ( 1172 )
Q: Hefound that his wife was being lax in performing the prayer, so he became angry with her and said: “She is forbidden to me starting from this day”and he asks: What are the consequences of that for him?
A: The questioner is considered to have committed zihar with his wife by saying to her: (You are forbidden to me...), and it is obligatory for him, upon returning to her—due to his statement—to pay the expiation for zihar: freeing a slave. If he does not find one, then fasting two consecutive months. If he is unable to do so, then feeding sixty poor people, each of them half a sa' of the local staple food, whether dates or otherwise, and this is before he touches her; for Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mujadila 58:2-4]
And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: Hefound that his wife was being lax in performing the prayer, so he became angry with her and said: “She is forbidden to me starting from this day”and he asks: What are the consequences of that for him?
A: The questioner is considered to have committed zihar with his wife by saying to her: (You are forbidden to me...), and it is obligatory for him, upon returning to her—due to his statement—to pay the expiation for zihar: freeing a slave. If he does not find one, then fasting two consecutive months. If he is unable to do so, then feeding sixty poor people, each of them half a sa' of the local staple food, whether dates or otherwise, and this is before he touches her; for Allah the Exalted said:
(2) Those who pronounce thihar among you [to separate] from their wives - they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them. And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood. But indeed, Allah is Pardoning and Forgiving. (3) And those who pronounce thihar from their wives and then [wish to] go back on what they said - then [there must be] the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. That is what you are admonished thereby; and Allah is Acquainted with what you do. (4) And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allah and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allah. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.
الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ مَا هُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلا اللائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَرًا مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ (2) وَالَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا قَالُوا فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَتَمَاسَّا ذَلِكُمْ تُوعَظُونَ بِهِ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ (3) فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَتَمَاسَّا فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ذَلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِAnd success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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