Is it permissible for a wife to stipulate something forbidden?

The questioner:
Yes. If a wife stipulates to her husband that he should buy her a television or a video player, does he have to fulfill her request in that, given that he wants her?

The Shaykh:
This is one of the problems people have fallen into today. He must not respond to sin, and responding to the video player may involve evil films, and so with the television, serials, and things that may harm him and her. He should be careful to leave this condition and not pay attention to it. Even if he were to agree to it, it is not obligatory for him to fulfill it. Even if he agreed to it and responded to it so that the matter proceeds, there is no harm in him leaving it, because a condition that causes harm is not permissible to respond to. The hadith says: "Every condition that is not in the Book is invalid, even if it affects [the marriage]." Likewise, if he stipulates that he must divorce his wife or his first wife, this is also a condition that is not permissible. Even if he endures it, he is not required to carry it out. Yes.