Marital Defiance and the Wife's Rights
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The questioner:
That the remaining wife has the right to financial maintenance and a dwelling if she is the second wife, and what is greater than that
The Shaykh:
Marital defiance is the woman's disobedience to her husband and her refusal to refrain from refusing to have conjugal relations with her husband. This defiance is the woman's refusal of the husband's right. This is marital defiance. And if she defies him, she has no right to the husband. No division of time, no maintenance, and no housing until she returns to obedience. Once she returns to obedience, she has her rights. But as long as she has not returned, she has no rights against the husband, because rights are only due in exchange for marital cohabitation. So if she withholds it, the husband withholds maintenance. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes. Yes. Yes.
That the remaining wife has the right to financial maintenance and a dwelling if she is the second wife, and what is greater than that
The Shaykh:
Marital defiance is the woman's disobedience to her husband and her refusal to refrain from refusing to have conjugal relations with her husband. This defiance is the woman's refusal of the husband's right. This is marital defiance. And if she defies him, she has no right to the husband. No division of time, no maintenance, and no housing until she returns to obedience. Once she returns to obedience, she has her rights. But as long as she has not returned, she has no rights against the husband, because rights are only due in exchange for marital cohabitation. So if she withholds it, the husband withholds maintenance. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Source
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