The Woman's Position Regarding a Husband Who Consumes Intoxicants and Does Not Provide Maintenance
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
The sister in Allah who used this symbol for her name from Riyadh says: If the husband, may Allah protect us from that, consumes intoxicants and everything else, does not care about the prayer, does not provide for his children, is constantly cursing and insulting, is unemployed, and has many problems with his neighbors. My question to the Shaykh (may Allah keep him safe) is: What is the woman's position regarding this husband in light of that?
Answer:
This husband is a bad husband, but as long as he prays, even though he has transgressions, she should be patient with him because she is his wife, she has children from him, and to maintain the marriage, perhaps Allah will guide him in the future, along with advising him and repeating the advice to him. However, if he does not pray, if he abandons prayer intentionally, it is not permissible for her to remain with him; rather, she must demand separation from him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
The sister in Allah who used this symbol for her name from Riyadh says: If the husband, may Allah protect us from that, consumes intoxicants and everything else, does not care about the prayer, does not provide for his children, is constantly cursing and insulting, is unemployed, and has many problems with his neighbors. My question to the Shaykh (may Allah keep him safe) is: What is the woman's position regarding this husband in light of that?
Answer:
This husband is a bad husband, but as long as he prays, even though he has transgressions, she should be patient with him because she is his wife, she has children from him, and to maintain the marriage, perhaps Allah will guide him in the future, along with advising him and repeating the advice to him. However, if he does not pray, if he abandons prayer intentionally, it is not permissible for her to remain with him; rather, she must demand separation from him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/147 — archive.org (21:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
