The Ruling on a Husband Making a Vow Against His Wife to Hurt Her Without Divorcing Her
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, he has used the letter A as a code for his name. What is the ruling on withholding a wife from her to spite her and her family, because I do not want to divorce her? And is there a sin on me for withholding her without divorcing her?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a man to keep a woman when he does not desire her, but rather wants to harm her or take revenge on her. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:231] This is aggression. It is obligatory for the husband, if he desires his wife, to keep her; and if he does not desire her to remain, he should hasten to divorce her and release her. It is not permissible for him to keep her out of spite, for he does not desire her. [Al-Baqarah 2:231] Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, he has used the letter A as a code for his name. What is the ruling on withholding a wife from her to spite her and her family, because I do not want to divorce her? And is there a sin on me for withholding her without divorcing her?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a man to keep a woman when he does not desire her, but rather wants to harm her or take revenge on her. Allah the Exalted said:
and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself.
وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِّتَعْتَدُوا وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُand do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest.
وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِّتَعْتَدُوا وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا آيَاتِ اللَّهِ هُزُوًا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/141 — archive.org (6:13)
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