The sender of this message is a man who is thirty-five years old and has three children. He divorced their mother after falling in love with another woman who is married and has five children.
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The questioner : This message discusses a marital relationship. The sender is a man who is thirty-five years old, meaning he is thirty-five, and he has three children. He divorced their mother after falling in love with another woman who is married and has five children. She also fell in love with him while she was still under the marriage contract with her husband, the father of her children. This caused her husband to divorce her after he learned of her love for another man. She was divorced, leaving her five children with their father. After the waiting period, she married her lover, and she is now living with him and their two new children from him. Please be aware that these two lovers have been criticized by people, including relatives. We ask for your guidance on this relationship. May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that it is not permissible for a man to establish a relationship with a woman who is married to someone else. If it is not permissible for a man to propose to a woman who is in the waiting period of another man, how much more so is it for one who goes to a woman who is still with her husband without a divorce? Indeed, this is, may Allah protect us, among the forbidden things and among the greatest matters: for a man to coax a woman to leave her husband so that she attempts to break free from him, as happened with this woman. He must repent to Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, from this act, not return to anything like it, and be cautious.
As for after her first husband divorced her and she married this man in a valid, lawful marriage, he is not required to divorce her in this situation. However, if one of the judges were to separate them as a punishment for him, because he encroached upon the right of her first husband, that would have a valid basis, especially since some scholars say that if a man proposes to a woman in her waiting period, she becomes forbidden to him as a punishment, and he is prevented from marrying her. This case is more severe and greater.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If one of the judges were to rule for separation between him and his wife, I would not blame him for that, and I would consider him correct if he saw that the public interest requires this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that it is not permissible for a man to establish a relationship with a woman who is married to someone else. If it is not permissible for a man to propose to a woman who is in the waiting period of another man, how much more so is it for one who goes to a woman who is still with her husband without a divorce? Indeed, this is, may Allah protect us, among the forbidden things and among the greatest matters: for a man to coax a woman to leave her husband so that she attempts to break free from him, as happened with this woman. He must repent to Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, from this act, not return to anything like it, and be cautious.
As for after her first husband divorced her and she married this man in a valid, lawful marriage, he is not required to divorce her in this situation. However, if one of the judges were to separate them as a punishment for him, because he encroached upon the right of her first husband, that would have a valid basis, especially since some scholars say that if a man proposes to a woman in her waiting period, she becomes forbidden to him as a punishment, and he is prevented from marrying her. This case is more severe and greater.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If one of the judges were to rule for separation between him and his wife, I would not blame him for that, and I would consider him correct if he saw that the public interest requires this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.