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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The parents' request for the wife's divorce and the ruling on obeying them

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Question:
This questioner says: A man got married, but his parents were not pleased with this marriage, and his mother asked him to divorce her. Is that permissible for him? What is the ruling on obeying them in such a difficult situation? What is the ruling on obeying them in such a matter of good, knowing that he has been proposed to another woman?

Answer:
There is a distinction here. If obeying them would cause him harm and she is upright, he does not obey them; obedience is only in what is right. However, if there is a basis for obeying them because she is bad and not upright between them, it is obligatory to obey them in that; because they have a right in this. As for if the woman is righteous, has no fault, and is modest, he is not required to obey his parents in this; obedience is only in what is right. But if she is an open sinner and has a bad reputation, he is required to obey his parents in this matter that keeps him away from evil and keeps him away from a bad reputation.

The presenter:
Allah is sufficient for me,
Source فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (56:29)

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