Advice for the one whose wife treats him badly and asks for a divorce
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a wife who treats me badly, and I have children from her. He says: Sometimes I cannot control myself because she asks me for a divorce, so I do not pronounce it. He says: What should I do with her? And what is your advice to me?
Answer:
No, do not divorce her, do not pronounce the divorce, be patient with her, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a wife who treats me badly, and I have children from her. He says: Sometimes I cannot control myself because she asks me for a divorce, so I do not pronounce it. He says: What should I do with her? And what is your advice to me?
Answer:
No, do not divorce her, do not pronounce the divorce, be patient with her, yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الفصل الأول في النية في الطهارة والصلاة — islamhouse.com (1:14:37)
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