Is it permissible for a father to take his children from a land of disbelief without his wife's permission in order to save them?
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Question:
And this also, may Allah grant you success, a husband says: I am separated from my wife outside this country. He says: I am separated from my wife, and she is raising my children in a disbeliever's land with a non-Islamic upbringing, and they go to the schools of the disbelievers. His question is: Do I have the right to take them with me to a Muslim land without her permission and consent?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for you to do so; you must save them from the land of disbelief. Take them with you and raise them in the land of Islam and the land of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Do not leave them in the land of disbelief.
And this also, may Allah grant you success, a husband says: I am separated from my wife outside this country. He says: I am separated from my wife, and she is raising my children in a disbeliever's land with a non-Islamic upbringing, and they go to the schools of the disbelievers. His question is: Do I have the right to take them with me to a Muslim land without her permission and consent?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for you to do so; you must save them from the land of disbelief. Take them with you and raise them in the land of Islam and the land of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Do not leave them in the land of disbelief.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 618- هل يجوز للأب أخذ أبنائه من بلد الكفر دون إذن أمهم لإنقاذهم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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