Is it a sin for me to seek divorce from my husband, who abandons prayer and drinks intoxicants, when there is no indication that he will turn back from his transgression, and I have no children from him?
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The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah keep you well.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner: O Shaykh, there is a woman who says, after the greeting of peace, "I am a woman of twenty years of age. I have a husband who abandons prayer and drinks intoxicants. We have no indication that he will turn back from his transgression, and I have no children from him. My brother, a student of knowledge who is religious, assures me that if the divorce takes place, he will marry me off to a religious man after the waiting period ends, if Allah wills. And I am afraid that if I divorce him, he will deviate even more from his current deviation. Is it a sin for me if I insist on divorcing him, knowing that my brother encourages me to divorce him? What do you say?"
The Shaykh: My answer to this question is:
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: First, there is no sin on her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Second, it is obligatory for her to get rid of him in a lawful manner, because it is not permissible for a believing Muslim woman to remain in the marriage bond of an open sinner.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes. Yes.
The questioner: Hello, I am the one who spoke to you a little while ago, my uncle the Shaykh...
The Shaykh: You do not know how to speak, and therefore I cannot answer your question. But I will ask you a question that you will not answer me, so please excuse me.
The questioner : May Allah keep you well.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner: O Shaykh, there is a woman who says, after the greeting of peace, "I am a woman of twenty years of age. I have a husband who abandons prayer and drinks intoxicants. We have no indication that he will turn back from his transgression, and I have no children from him. My brother, a student of knowledge who is religious, assures me that if the divorce takes place, he will marry me off to a religious man after the waiting period ends, if Allah wills. And I am afraid that if I divorce him, he will deviate even more from his current deviation. Is it a sin for me if I insist on divorcing him, knowing that my brother encourages me to divorce him? What do you say?"
The Shaykh: My answer to this question is:
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: First, there is no sin on her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Second, it is obligatory for her to get rid of him in a lawful manner, because it is not permissible for a believing Muslim woman to remain in the marriage bond of an open sinner.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes. Yes.
The questioner: Hello, I am the one who spoke to you a little while ago, my uncle the Shaykh...
The Shaykh: You do not know how to speak, and therefore I cannot answer your question. But I will ask you a question that you will not answer me, so please excuse me.
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