Obedience to the Father in Divorcing His Sister from Her Husband
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The questioner:
A questioner asks, saying: My father wants to divorce my sister from her husband for reasons that do not warrant it, but there is a personal dispute between my father and my sister’s husband’s father.
The Shaykh:
That do not warrant it, for reasons?
The questioner:
For reasons that do not warrant it, but...
The Shaykh:
There is nothing in it but...
The questioner:
For that, O Shaykh, but between...
The Shaykh:
For reasons.
The questioner:
For reasons that do not warrant it, but there is a personal dispute between my father and my sister’s husband’s father, and I do not know, I do not see that she should be divorced, I do not see that she should be divorced. So, is it obligatory for me to obey my father in this, since he will be angry with me if I do not obey him?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He says: My father wants to divorce my sister from her husband for reasons that do not warrant it, but there is a personal dispute between my father and my sister’s husband’s father, and I do not see that she should be divorced. So, is it obligatory for me to obey him?
The Shaykh:
You are not her husband; she is your sister. Obedience lies with the husband; he divorces her if there is a legitimate Shari'ah reason. If it is for personal whim, he does not divorce her; he does not divorce her for the sake of whim or for the sake of the grudge between them. As long as she is suitable for him, he does not divorce her; he has no right to do so. And you are a mediator; it is obligatory for you to reconcile between them.
A questioner asks, saying: My father wants to divorce my sister from her husband for reasons that do not warrant it, but there is a personal dispute between my father and my sister’s husband’s father.
The Shaykh:
That do not warrant it, for reasons?
The questioner:
For reasons that do not warrant it, but...
The Shaykh:
There is nothing in it but...
The questioner:
For that, O Shaykh, but between...
The Shaykh:
For reasons.
The questioner:
For reasons that do not warrant it, but there is a personal dispute between my father and my sister’s husband’s father, and I do not know, I do not see that she should be divorced, I do not see that she should be divorced. So, is it obligatory for me to obey my father in this, since he will be angry with me if I do not obey him?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He says: My father wants to divorce my sister from her husband for reasons that do not warrant it, but there is a personal dispute between my father and my sister’s husband’s father, and I do not see that she should be divorced. So, is it obligatory for me to obey him?
The Shaykh:
You are not her husband; she is your sister. Obedience lies with the husband; he divorces her if there is a legitimate Shari'ah reason. If it is for personal whim, he does not divorce her; he does not divorce her for the sake of whim or for the sake of the grudge between them. As long as she is suitable for him, he does not divorce her; he has no right to do so. And you are a mediator; it is obligatory for you to reconcile between them.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 09-5-2-1433 — archive.org (27:47)
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