The ruling on a father divorcing his son's wife
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Question:
We move on to another letter. The questioner says: Is it permissible for a father to divorce his son's wife?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do so except by proxy. Divorce is specific to the husband. One other than the husband only divorces by proxy if he is appointed as such, or if the husband is not of sound mind, in which case his guardian divorces on his behalf, just as the guardian marries on his behalf and acts in his stead. However, if the husband is of sound mind, no one may divorce on his behalf except the judge, if the matter requires it, in which case the judge divorces on his behalf.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
We move on to another letter. The questioner says: Is it permissible for a father to divorce his son's wife?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do so except by proxy. Divorce is specific to the husband. One other than the husband only divorces by proxy if he is appointed as such, or if the husband is not of sound mind, in which case his guardian divorces on his behalf, just as the guardian marries on his behalf and acts in his stead. However, if the husband is of sound mind, no one may divorce on his behalf except the judge, if the matter requires it, in which case the judge divorces on his behalf.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/162 — archive.org (15:52)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.