The Expiation for Zihar for the One Who Says to His Wife, “You Are to Me Like My Mother”
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The questioner:
He says: A man, meaning he said to his wife that she is forbidden to him like his mother, and he does not know about zihar, or it is upon him.
The Shaykh:
Upon you is a horse, a camel, or the freeing of a slave, not your slave.
The questioner:
Even if it were ready.
The Shaykh:
He fasts for two consecutive months. If he is unable, he feeds sixty poor people. This is something not unknown; it is well known among Muslims. Yes.
The questioner:
I tell you, I did not know.
The Shaykh:
Even if he said something that is not true, yes, it is not true.
He says: A man, meaning he said to his wife that she is forbidden to him like his mother, and he does not know about zihar, or it is upon him.
The Shaykh:
Upon you is a horse, a camel, or the freeing of a slave, not your slave.
The questioner:
Even if it were ready.
The Shaykh:
He fasts for two consecutive months. If he is unable, he feeds sixty poor people. This is something not unknown; it is well known among Muslims. Yes.
The questioner:
I tell you, I did not know.
The Shaykh:
Even if he said something that is not true, yes, it is not true.
Source
التعليق على بعض أحاديث صحيح البخاري، تابع كتاب الطلاق / تتمة باب الإشارة في الطلاق والأمور، إلى باب: قول الله تعالى: {والمطلقات يتربصن بأنفسهن ثلاثة قروء} — islamhouse.com (39:20)
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