Lying to the first wife in a second marriage
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A man married a second woman without the first wife’s knowledge. Is it permissible for him to lie to his first wife if she asks him whether he has married or not?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do so, because this is a deception of her. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A man married a second woman without the first wife’s knowledge. Is it permissible for him to lie to his first wife if she asks him whether he has married or not?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do so, because this is a deception of her. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نهي المسافر أن يطرق أهله بقدومه ليلا — islamhouse.com (54:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.