The ruling on a man marrying a woman with the intention of divorce
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The questioner : Your Eminence the Shaykh! Is it permissible in the Islamic Shari'ah for a man to marry a woman with the intention of divorcing her?
The Shaykh : I am going to ask the questioner: suppose he had a daughter. A man married her from him with the intention of divorce, and did not inform him, nor did he inform the wife. Is he considered to have deceived the woman and her family?
Answer, yes, because if they had known that he did not want anything but to enjoy her for the duration of his stay in the country, they would not have married her to him, especially since in some Western countries a woman who has been married has no value at all, and if they know that she has been married, they will not approach her, so it would be a great harm. Now, if he says, "I will inform them."
I say, "Marry me for the duration of my stay in the country." We say, if you do that, you will fall into another predicament, which is what? It is the marriage of temporary pleasure, and the marriage of temporary pleasure is forbidden.
The marriage of temporary pleasure is forbidden, as 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and others of the Companions narrated that in the authentic hadiths, the marriage of temporary pleasure is forbidden until the Day of Resurrection. So I do not see that one should marry with the intention of divorce, whether by condition or by mere intention. Yes.
The Shaykh : I am going to ask the questioner: suppose he had a daughter. A man married her from him with the intention of divorce, and did not inform him, nor did he inform the wife. Is he considered to have deceived the woman and her family?
Answer, yes, because if they had known that he did not want anything but to enjoy her for the duration of his stay in the country, they would not have married her to him, especially since in some Western countries a woman who has been married has no value at all, and if they know that she has been married, they will not approach her, so it would be a great harm. Now, if he says, "I will inform them."
I say, "Marry me for the duration of my stay in the country." We say, if you do that, you will fall into another predicament, which is what? It is the marriage of temporary pleasure, and the marriage of temporary pleasure is forbidden.
The marriage of temporary pleasure is forbidden, as 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and others of the Companions narrated that in the authentic hadiths, the marriage of temporary pleasure is forbidden until the Day of Resurrection. So I do not see that one should marry with the intention of divorce, whether by condition or by mere intention. Yes.
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لقاء مع طلاب جامعة الإمام بمسجد الإسكان — archive.org (1:22:50)
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