The Wife Who Refuses to Emigrate from the Lands of Disbelief
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside the country says: What is the correct, lawful way to deal with a wife who does not want to emigrate from the lands of disbelief to the lands of Islam, on the grounds that her entire family is in the lands of disbelief, so she will not emigrate? His question is: Is it permissible for the husband to divorce her for this reason and take his children?
Answer:
Rather, it is obligatory for him to divorce her. If she refuses to emigrate, it is obligatory for him to divorce her and take his children. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside the country says: What is the correct, lawful way to deal with a wife who does not want to emigrate from the lands of disbelief to the lands of Islam, on the grounds that her entire family is in the lands of disbelief, so she will not emigrate? His question is: Is it permissible for the husband to divorce her for this reason and take his children?
Answer:
Rather, it is obligatory for him to divorce her. If she refuses to emigrate, it is obligatory for him to divorce her and take his children. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده وتلاعبه ما تلاعب بعباد النار حتى اتخذوها آلهة معبودة — islamhouse.com (54:00)
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