Vitiligo appearing in one of the spouses after marriage
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if vitiligo appears in one of the spouses after a period of marriage, does either of them have the option to annul the marriage?
Answer:
No, there is no such formula. If he married her while she was healthy, or she was healthy, and then vitiligo appeared afterwards, then no, because the contract is named a valid and binding one, and this is something that occurred by the decree of Allah and His divine decree. He does not have that option. But if he is not pleased with her and does not divorce her, if he does not accept her and she remains with him, he divorces her, or she is also fed up with remaining with him, then if he is pleased with her, I do not enter him.
And she does not take the water so that the starch passes[Al-Baqarah 2:229] If vitiligo appears in the wife, he may divorce her if he wishes. And if vitiligo appears in the husband and she dislikes it, she has the option and the right to confront him.
Honorable Shaykh, if vitiligo appears in one of the spouses after a period of marriage, does either of them have the option to annul the marriage?
Answer:
No, there is no such formula. If he married her while she was healthy, or she was healthy, and then vitiligo appeared afterwards, then no, because the contract is named a valid and binding one, and this is something that occurred by the decree of Allah and His divine decree. He does not have that option. But if he is not pleased with her and does not divorce her, if he does not accept her and she remains with him, he divorces her, or she is also fed up with remaining with him, then if he is pleased with her, I do not enter him.
And she does not take the water so that the starch passes
unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself
إِلَّا أَن يَخَافَا أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا افْتَدَتْ بِهِ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الكفاءة والخيار — islamhouse.com (47:38)
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