The ruling on a woman whose husband has been absent for years and whose status is unknown
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Question:
I move on to this letter, where the honorable brother, the listener, says: If a woman married a man, and this man traveled to another country and was absent from her for years, and this woman does not know whether her husband is alive or dead, does she divorce him or wait for him?
Answer:
She should proceed to the Sharia court and they will look into her case. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
I move on to this letter, where the honorable brother, the listener, says: If a woman married a man, and this man traveled to another country and was absent from her for years, and this woman does not know whether her husband is alive or dead, does she divorce him or wait for him?
Answer:
She should proceed to the Sharia court and they will look into her case. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/197 — archive.org (11:15)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.