Forcing a Husband to Have Children and Divorcing Him in Exchange for Compensation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does the wife have the right to compel her husband to have children if he refuses? And if he insists on refusing, does she have the right to divorce him for compensation?
Answer:
Having children is not within a person's control, so you cannot hold him responsible for it; it is in the hands of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). If she wants a divorce at her own expense (khul') and he agrees, if he agrees to the khul', there is no harm. But forcing him to divorce her because he does not have children, no, that is not one of the defects that permits annulment or gives the woman the option to divorce, because this is not in the husband's control. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, does the wife have the right to compel her husband to have children if he refuses? And if he insists on refusing, does she have the right to divorce him for compensation?
Answer:
Having children is not within a person's control, so you cannot hold him responsible for it; it is in the hands of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). If she wants a divorce at her own expense (khul') and he agrees, if he agrees to the khul', there is no harm. But forcing him to divorce her because he does not have children, no, that is not one of the defects that permits annulment or gives the woman the option to divorce, because this is not in the husband's control. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الخلع — islamhouse.com (1:03:27)
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