Compensation for the Wife for the Husband's Delay and Her Right to Leave
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The Shaykh : If the matter is as you described, compensation is necessary because the shortcoming was on the part of the husband, not hers. Is that clear? Yes, very well.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well, may Allah will it.
The questioner : The husband caused it, so he compensates her.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, unlike the case where she is the one who is late.
The questioner : Very well, may Allah reward you with good. A second question: Does she have an excuse in the matter of her leaving, meaning leaving the house without my permission, considering she has a recommendation not to go to the market? She said, meaning she justified it by quoting a scholar who says:[Al-Baqarah 2:194] So you transgressed against me because of the loss of this night, so I went to the market. Does she have a claim in this?
The Shaykh : Is there a claim in her deliberately leaving? First, she has no claim.
The questioner : She has no claim.
The Shaykh : That is the first point. And second, by this, she must lose her right. So why does she demand her right when she has...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well, may Allah will it.
The questioner : The husband caused it, so he compensates her.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, unlike the case where she is the one who is late.
The questioner : Very well, may Allah reward you with good. A second question: Does she have an excuse in the matter of her leaving, meaning leaving the house without my permission, considering she has a recommendation not to go to the market? She said, meaning she justified it by quoting a scholar who says:
assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you
فَاعْتَدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْThe Shaykh : Is there a claim in her deliberately leaving? First, she has no claim.
The questioner : She has no claim.
The Shaykh : That is the first point. And second, by this, she must lose her right. So why does she demand her right when she has...
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1266 — d3watuna.com (12:42)
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