A Wife Requesting Divorce and Her Husband Marrying Another Woman
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on a wife requesting a divorce from her husband?
The Shaykh:
If she has a reason, there is nothing wrong with it. But if she has no reason, she is cursed, the one who requests it without cause. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it among the legitimate reasons that permit her to request a divorce that her husband marries another woman?
The Shaykh:
If she stipulated that he not marry another woman alongside her, but if she did not stipulate this, she must not prevent him from what is lawful. This is lawful, a right he has. However, he must be just between them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on a wife requesting a divorce from her husband?
The Shaykh:
If she has a reason, there is nothing wrong with it. But if she has no reason, she is cursed, the one who requests it without cause. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it among the legitimate reasons that permit her to request a divorce that her husband marries another woman?
The Shaykh:
If she stipulated that he not marry another woman alongside her,
Muslims are bound by their conditions,
المسلمون على شروطهم،
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي بلغ فيها مراده : مكيدة التحليل — islamhouse.com (1:07:24)
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