What is the ruling in Islam regarding a Muslim woman serving intoxicants to her husband if he threatens to divorce her?

The questioner : The questioner asks: What is the ruling in Islam regarding a Muslim woman serving intoxicants to her husband? If she does not do so, he threatens to divorce her, knowing that his wife prays?

The Shaykh : The answer to this is well known: there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. It is not permissible for a woman to obey her husband in disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Divorce from him is better for her. Our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) says: Especially when the reason for this divorce for the righteous woman is her obedience to Allah and her disobedience to her husband out of fear of the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). However, there may be specific or particular cases where, if the details of the case are clarified, it can be said that if this woman is divorced from her husband, it will scatter her household and the household of her children. In that case, it may be from the category of the lesser of two harms to remain with her husband. But we do not issue a fatwa to this effect because it is contrary to the original principle. The matter is as Allah the Exalted said: .