The Ruling on Marriage with the Intention of Divorce
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Recently, the phenomenon of marriage with the intention of divorce has become widespread. A person who wants to marry travels to a country that is not strict in its observance with the intention of marrying. Many people who appear to be righteous have been captivated by this. The question is: What is the ruling on this marriage? And what is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
The ruling is that it is an invalid marriage if it leads to these harms. They go and contract marriage not with the intention of a marital relationship, but only with the intention of satisfying their desire. They satisfy their desire with this woman and then leave her; they divorce her immediately after satisfying their desire and go to a second, a third, or a tenth woman. They taste women for as long as they are in those lands, tasting one woman after another. This is not marriage; it is playing with women’s private parts and the loss of offspring and children. This is not permissible, and no one holds this view.
If it leads to these harms, I do not think anyone would endorse this. They adopt the form of a lawful marriage to engage in this play. No one issues a fatwa to this effect. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Recently, the phenomenon of marriage with the intention of divorce has become widespread. A person who wants to marry travels to a country that is not strict in its observance with the intention of marrying. Many people who appear to be righteous have been captivated by this. The question is: What is the ruling on this marriage? And what is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
The ruling is that it is an invalid marriage if it leads to these harms. They go and contract marriage not with the intention of a marital relationship, but only with the intention of satisfying their desire. They satisfy their desire with this woman and then leave her; they divorce her immediately after satisfying their desire and go to a second, a third, or a tenth woman. They taste women for as long as they are in those lands, tasting one woman after another. This is not marriage; it is playing with women’s private parts and the loss of offspring and children. This is not permissible, and no one holds this view.
If it leads to these harms, I do not think anyone would endorse this. They adopt the form of a lawful marriage to engage in this play. No one issues a fatwa to this effect. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 30 — archive.org (38:29)
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