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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The wife’s condition that her husband buy a television or video player

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Question:
If a wife conditions her husband to buy her a television or video player, does he have to fulfill her request in that matter if he wants to keep her?

Answer:
This is one of the problems people have fallen into today, a form of affliction. He must not respond to sin. Responding to the video player may involve watching corrupt films, and the same applies to the television, with serials and things that may harm him and her. He should be careful to abandon this condition and not pay attention to it. Yes.
Even if he agreed to it, he is not obligated to fulfill it. If he agreed to it and responded to it so that the matter proceeds, there is no harm in him abandoning it, because a condition that causes harm is not permissible to accept. The hadith states: “Every condition other than the one that suffices is invalid.” Even if it has an effect, it is invalid. Likewise, if she conditions him to divorce his wife or his first wife, this is also a condition that is not permissible. Even if he endures it, he is not obligated to carry it out. Yes.
Source ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 32 — archive.org (57:49)

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