Is it permissible for a young man abroad to marry with the intention of divorcing after a specific period?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if you please, Shaykh, if you please, regarding Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him), he issued a fatwa permitting the expatriate to marry if he fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for a year or two, on the condition that the intention is between him and Allah. What is the correctness of this statement?
The Shaykh : There is no need for this question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A man marries.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for him to marry.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Without intending in his heart to divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because whether he intends in his heart to divorce her or does not intend it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The outcome is the same.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We always say and answer with these two examples.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Imagine, or rather three examples. Imagine a man who marries as people marry.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not intend anything.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not intend to divorce her, nor did he intend not to divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He married as people marry, lived with this wife as long as he lived, and then it occurred to him to divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that permissible for him?!
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the second example is a man who married a woman, as I said earlier.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : On the basis of protecting himself.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And when he finishes his studies.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He will divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : - Oh Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Who is it that speaks and cuts off my words? - Then he lived with her as long as he did, and lo and behold, he became fond of her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So he does not divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that permissible for him?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, and another man who did not intend to divorce her, then divorced her. What is the difference? It is imagination upon imagination.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : There is no need for this question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A man marries.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for him to marry.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Without intending in his heart to divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because whether he intends in his heart to divorce her or does not intend it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The outcome is the same.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We always say and answer with these two examples.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Imagine, or rather three examples. Imagine a man who marries as people marry.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not intend anything.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not intend to divorce her, nor did he intend not to divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He married as people marry, lived with this wife as long as he lived, and then it occurred to him to divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that permissible for him?!
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the second example is a man who married a woman, as I said earlier.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : On the basis of protecting himself.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And when he finishes his studies.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He will divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : - Oh Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Who is it that speaks and cuts off my words? - Then he lived with her as long as he did, and lo and behold, he became fond of her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So he does not divorce her.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that permissible for him?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, and another man who did not intend to divorce her, then divorced her. What is the difference? It is imagination upon imagination.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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