The Ruling on Threatening One's Wife with Divorce
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Question:
One of the sisters, who used the initials M.S. from Riyadh, asks: Is it permissible for a man to threaten a woman with divorce at the slightest provocation, especially when there is some shortcoming on her part due to health circumstances?
Answer:
Divorce was not legislated to be used as a threat or a weapon. His tongue should not utter the word of divorce or threaten with it. Divorce was only legislated for the need to remove harm, and only if it is necessary. As long as there are solutions, he should avoid divorce and steer clear of it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
One of the sisters, who used the initials M.S. from Riyadh, asks: Is it permissible for a man to threaten a woman with divorce at the slightest provocation, especially when there is some shortcoming on her part due to health circumstances?
Answer:
Divorce was not legislated to be used as a threat or a weapon. His tongue should not utter the word of divorce or threaten with it. Divorce was only legislated for the need to remove harm, and only if it is necessary. As long as there are solutions, he should avoid divorce and steer clear of it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/192 — archive.org (16:15)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.