The ruling on requesting divorce due to infertility and the amount of the mahr
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Question:
This questioner, Khalil, says: A man who is infertile but whose recovery from a difficult medical problem is expected, where doctors may work to find solutions, as there are promising results regarding treatment, but it may take a time that reaches several years. If the wife requests divorce, does he divorce her? And what is the fate of the deferred mahr? The mahr?
Answer:
Does she have the right to it? And does she request divorce? The deferred mahr is hers, and the prompt mahr is hers. She claims it if he has consummated the marriage; the full mahr becomes established for her. She has the right to claim it unless she forgives it[An-Nisa 4:4]. As for her requesting divorce during this period when the removal of the illness is expected, she has no right to that. She should wait, and relief is near, if Allah wills. She should have good opinion of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
This questioner, Khalil, says: A man who is infertile but whose recovery from a difficult medical problem is expected, where doctors may work to find solutions, as there are promising results regarding treatment, but it may take a time that reaches several years. If the wife requests divorce, does he divorce her? And what is the fate of the deferred mahr? The mahr?
Answer:
Does she have the right to it? And does she request divorce? The deferred mahr is hers, and the prompt mahr is hers. She claims it if he has consummated the marriage; the full mahr becomes established for her. She has the right to claim it unless she forgives it
And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.
وَآتُوا النِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَيْءٍ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا مَّرِيئًا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/234 — archive.org (8:00)
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