There is a wealthy man married to four women who wants to divorce one of the four to marry another woman without a reason?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says: My question is that there is a man who is wealthy and rich.
The Shaykh : A mistake, O the one who is eloquent. My question.
The questioner : My question is.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That there is a man.
The Shaykh : Correct. Fine.
The questioner : Who is wealthy and rich.
The Shaykh : May Allah open the door of good for you.
The questioner : And he is married to four women and wants to divorce one of the four so that he can marry another woman without a reason?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed. And if he wants the sixth, he divorces in sequence, or how else? In any case, a man is restricted to four; he cannot marry more than four because he is a human being and cannot fulfill the duty regarding more than four. But suppose he wants to marry a fifth and says, "I want to divorce from these women the one for whom I have the least desire compared to the others," then there is no harm. He is free, but we do not see that as good for him. We say that if you open this door for yourself, you will divorce all four of the first ones and take four new ones. Leave this; do not be greedy. Therefore, we consider this to be of the kind that Allah spare us and you from, the kind of people who are afflicted with asking questions. You find the person afflicted with asking questions; if he had thousands upon thousands, he would ask like this. The person afflicted with this, meaning being a connoisseur as they say, has no concern other than to marry. He marries, and then he will be exhausted. And then, what Allah willed, how does this man manage the mahr (bridal gift)? Or is he rich?
The questioner: Rich, a man of wealth.
The Shaykh : Rich, yes. Good.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If he divorces the fourth, whether it is the first, second, third, or fourth of them, he must wait until the 'iddah (waiting period) ends. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But what is your opinion if he divorced one of his wives based on the fact that he would marry this new woman, and then when he divorced her and the 'iddah ended, and he went to propose, they said no? What happens? He lost out. Good. So if he says, "I will propose to her before I divorce," we say it is not permissible. He cannot propose to one while he has four until he divorces her. Even if he presumed upon sin and said, "I will propose to her," and he proposed and divorced and the 'iddah ended, and he went to her family and they killed him? We will not marry you, perhaps? Or is it not possible? It is possible, because if the contract is not completed, the husband has the choice and the wife has the choice. Yes.
The questioner : This is the last question.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The Shaykh : A mistake, O the one who is eloquent. My question.
The questioner : My question is.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That there is a man.
The Shaykh : Correct. Fine.
The questioner : Who is wealthy and rich.
The Shaykh : May Allah open the door of good for you.
The questioner : And he is married to four women and wants to divorce one of the four so that he can marry another woman without a reason?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed. And if he wants the sixth, he divorces in sequence, or how else? In any case, a man is restricted to four; he cannot marry more than four because he is a human being and cannot fulfill the duty regarding more than four. But suppose he wants to marry a fifth and says, "I want to divorce from these women the one for whom I have the least desire compared to the others," then there is no harm. He is free, but we do not see that as good for him. We say that if you open this door for yourself, you will divorce all four of the first ones and take four new ones. Leave this; do not be greedy. Therefore, we consider this to be of the kind that Allah spare us and you from, the kind of people who are afflicted with asking questions. You find the person afflicted with asking questions; if he had thousands upon thousands, he would ask like this. The person afflicted with this, meaning being a connoisseur as they say, has no concern other than to marry. He marries, and then he will be exhausted. And then, what Allah willed, how does this man manage the mahr (bridal gift)? Or is he rich?
The questioner: Rich, a man of wealth.
The Shaykh : Rich, yes. Good.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If he divorces the fourth, whether it is the first, second, third, or fourth of them, he must wait until the 'iddah (waiting period) ends. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But what is your opinion if he divorced one of his wives based on the fact that he would marry this new woman, and then when he divorced her and the 'iddah ended, and he went to propose, they said no? What happens? He lost out. Good. So if he says, "I will propose to her before I divorce," we say it is not permissible. He cannot propose to one while he has four until he divorces her. Even if he presumed upon sin and said, "I will propose to her," and he proposed and divorced and the 'iddah ended, and he went to her family and they killed him? We will not marry you, perhaps? Or is it not possible? It is possible, because if the contract is not completed, the husband has the choice and the wife has the choice. Yes.
The questioner : This is the last question.
The Shaykh : Very well.