A wife asking her husband to take a second wife while he is unable to do so
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for her to ask her husband to take a second wife, even though he is not able to do so, neither financially nor otherwise? Rather, she is the one helping him by giving him money.
Answer:
I mean, this woman is strange; where is she? If he wants to accept the help and marry, there is nothing wrong with it. And if he wants to limit himself to her, the fact is that she is good to him, so he must fulfill her rights and treat her with what is due to her. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for her to ask her husband to take a second wife, even though he is not able to do so, neither financially nor otherwise? Rather, she is the one helping him by giving him money.
Answer:
I mean, this woman is strange; where is she? If he wants to accept the help and marry, there is nothing wrong with it. And if he wants to limit himself to her, the fact is that she is good to him, so he must fulfill her rights and treat her with what is due to her. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وفي محاسبة النفس عدة مصالح — islamhouse.com (1:00:47)
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