The ruling on a woman who ties knots on her body
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The questioner:
This is a Pakistani man complaining about his wife and his children. He says: My wife ties knots on my body, and amulets on her body, and she also ties those knots on my children. If I cut the knot on her body, she hits me. If I divorce her, her group will hit me. And the children are the same.
The Shaykh:
He should not rush to divorce, nor should he hasten. He should call her to wisdom with gentleness, calling her with gentleness and kind words. Let him leave it to the good among his neighbors and relatives to explain to her that this is not right, and that it is obligatory to have trust in Allah, rely on Allah, and make supplication. The fact that she makes supplication for them—“I seek refuge for you in the perfect words of Allah from every evil that has settled”—for her children when they sleep, “I seek refuge for you in the perfect words of Allah from every evil that has settled,” saying “O Allah, protect them, O Allah, keep them safe”—he should explain the Shari'ah to her, and not rush to divorce.
The questioner:
So he does not cut, neither from her nor from the other.
The Shaykh:
He does not rush to divorce, and he does not rush to cutting, as long as it causes harm to him. Yes.
The presenter:
Husam.
The Shaykh:
But he should seek help from Allah, then from her relatives and those who respect him. Yes.
This is a Pakistani man complaining about his wife and his children. He says: My wife ties knots on my body, and amulets on her body, and she also ties those knots on my children. If I cut the knot on her body, she hits me. If I divorce her, her group will hit me. And the children are the same.
The Shaykh:
He should not rush to divorce, nor should he hasten. He should call her to wisdom with gentleness, calling her with gentleness and kind words. Let him leave it to the good among his neighbors and relatives to explain to her that this is not right, and that it is obligatory to have trust in Allah, rely on Allah, and make supplication. The fact that she makes supplication for them—“I seek refuge for you in the perfect words of Allah from every evil that has settled”—for her children when they sleep, “I seek refuge for you in the perfect words of Allah from every evil that has settled,” saying “O Allah, protect them, O Allah, keep them safe”—he should explain the Shari'ah to her, and not rush to divorce.
The questioner:
So he does not cut, neither from her nor from the other.
The Shaykh:
He does not rush to divorce, and he does not rush to cutting, as long as it causes harm to him. Yes.
The presenter:
Husam.
The Shaykh:
But he should seek help from Allah, then from her relatives and those who respect him. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 241 - حكم من تجعل عقدا في جسدها - فوائد من شرح كتاب التوحيد — youtube.com
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