Dividing time between two wives when one of them travels
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says that this matter will happen to him tonight. His question is: If my wife travels to Makkah, and I am in my second house with my other wife, and my other wife is expected to return around one o’clock in the morning, or before that, should I stay with the wife who is residing with me in the city, or must I go to the house of the traveling wife?
Answer:
Complete the night that you are in, and complete it. The second wife begins a new night for her.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says that this matter will happen to him tonight. His question is: If my wife travels to Makkah, and I am in my second house with my other wife, and my other wife is expected to return around one o’clock in the morning, or before that, should I stay with the wife who is residing with me in the city, or must I go to the house of the traveling wife?
Answer:
Complete the night that you are in, and complete it. The second wife begins a new night for her.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب وجوب الاستنجاء بالحجر أو الماء — islamhouse.com (1:09:34)
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