What is the ruling on marrying with the intention of divorce for students in lands of disbelief?
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Abu Ishaq: All right, our Shaykh, a man went to America and went for a pressing need... hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Abu Ishaq: For example, on a study mission for the benefit of Muslims or something like that, or he went on a journey of necessity where he has no choice, and of course he fears that he will fall into fitnah, so he asks: Is it permissible for me to marry a disbelieving woman temporarily, meaning I spend this period with her so that I do not fall into zina or something like that, and then I divorce her?
The Shaykh: And why does he assume this premise? I am very surprised by this issue. He marries her.
Abu Ishaq: We marry her, yes.
The Shaykh: Let him marry her. If he likes her, if he likes her to stay with him forever, he keeps her; otherwise, he divorces her. Why does he assume this premise, and why does he say to himself, "I am marrying her for two years"? This thinking might be considered sound thinking if this Muslim did not know that divorce in Islam is permissible and that it is not as many doctors of the end times hum about and boast of what is not among the boasts of Islam when they say, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 8:119." If the Muslim knows that this hadith is not correct in meaning and not correct in structure, and knows that divorce is before him and its door is open, let him marry this disbelieving woman, or Christian, or Jewish woman, and live with her as long as he lives in those Western lands. Then, if it seems to him that he should take her with him to the Islamic lands, he does so; otherwise, he sets her free. There is no need for such a thought at all, which leads to the marriage of pleasure, even though the marriage of pleasure, of course, requires offer and acceptance and so on, and this is something he only kept in his mind. So there is no problem to ask such a question. He marries her and the matter is done.
Abu Ishaq: He is afraid and says, "I am afraid that if I tell her to come back with me, she will come back and turn the house upside down on my head."
The Shaykh: This is not a valid scenario. We said he enjoys her as long as he wishes. If it seems to him to return her to the Islamic lands.
Abu Ishaq: Without specifying his travel in...
The Shaykh: Because the picture you are bringing up has already been answered. And if Allah wills, he wants to return with her, but the apocalypse will rise up against him, yes, goodbye, the problem is over, he divorces her.
Abu Ishaq: If he does not specify it only.
The Shaykh: The answer has already been given.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, the one who is afraid does nothing.
Al-Albani and the students (may Allah have mercy on them) laugh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Abu Ishaq: For example, on a study mission for the benefit of Muslims or something like that, or he went on a journey of necessity where he has no choice, and of course he fears that he will fall into fitnah, so he asks: Is it permissible for me to marry a disbelieving woman temporarily, meaning I spend this period with her so that I do not fall into zina or something like that, and then I divorce her?
The Shaykh: And why does he assume this premise? I am very surprised by this issue. He marries her.
Abu Ishaq: We marry her, yes.
The Shaykh: Let him marry her. If he likes her, if he likes her to stay with him forever, he keeps her; otherwise, he divorces her. Why does he assume this premise, and why does he say to himself, "I am marrying her for two years"? This thinking might be considered sound thinking if this Muslim did not know that divorce in Islam is permissible and that it is not as many doctors of the end times hum about and boast of what is not among the boasts of Islam when they say, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The lawful thing which Allah hates most is divorce.
أبغض الحلال عند الله الطلاقAbu Ishaq: He is afraid and says, "I am afraid that if I tell her to come back with me, she will come back and turn the house upside down on my head."
The Shaykh: This is not a valid scenario. We said he enjoys her as long as he wishes. If it seems to him to return her to the Islamic lands.
Abu Ishaq: Without specifying his travel in...
The Shaykh: Because the picture you are bringing up has already been answered. And if Allah wills, he wants to return with her, but the apocalypse will rise up against him, yes, goodbye, the problem is over, he divorces her.
Abu Ishaq: If he does not specify it only.
The Shaykh: The answer has already been given.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, the one who is afraid does nothing.
Al-Albani and the students (may Allah have mercy on them) laugh.
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