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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Marriage with the Intention of Divorce

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Question:
The questioner: A final question. Is there a difference in the ruling on marrying with the intention of divorce? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The Shaykh: By Allah, I do not see this as permissible. I do not see marrying with the intention of divorce as valid, because it is similar to temporary marriage (mut'ah), except that it is a temporary marriage that is not explicitly stated.
The Shaykh: Secondly, the application that has occurred has resulted in many harms. They go and marry women, but they do not stay with them. They marry one woman tonight, another the next night, and another the third night, and perhaps they go beyond four, marrying and divorcing. Also, each one of them may become pregnant with his children, and he does not know about them, so he abandons them.
The Shaykh: This is not permissible because it leads to harms. Praise be to Allah, lawful marriage is marrying one woman, or two, or three, or four, in a lawful marriage, intending to stay with her and seek offspring and satisfy one's desire. If one or two do not reform you, or do not reform, divorce them. But your entering into marriage with her initially must be with the intention of staying and with the intention of maintaining the marriage and companionship.
The Shaykh: If she had known that you wanted to divorce her and that you had no intention of keeping her, she would not have married you. This is deception. You deceived her and you deceived her guardian by doing so. Yes. This causes harm to the poor woman. If she had known, she would not have married you. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-37-قضايا فقهية - 01|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:03)

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