What is the ruling on a second wife who demands the divorce of the first wife from the man who proposed to marry her?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on a second wife who demands the divorce of the first wife from the man who proposed to marry her?
The Shaykh : Does she know that this is forbidden, or does she not know? The second one? Yes, because if she knows that this is forbidden, then she is sinful and she has no right to the option if the husband does not divorce her, do you understand? I say if she knows that her request for the divorce of her husband's wife is forbidden, then she has no right to this condition, and she is also sinful. And if she did not know, then she is not sinful, and he is not obligated to fulfill it. And if he does not fulfill it, she has the option, if she was ignorant, she has the option, because the condition was not met. And so it is with all forbidden conditions; if they come from an ignorant person, he has the option if his purpose is not met, and her purpose is not met if... It is said that this is the option of the Sunnah, the best. These are harms that are not intended in reality. Perhaps between them he says, "This is the clothing of the mahr that I gave you a thousand times." Sometimes the woman is successful, being successful with him.
The Shaykh : Does she know that this is forbidden, or does she not know? The second one? Yes, because if she knows that this is forbidden, then she is sinful and she has no right to the option if the husband does not divorce her, do you understand? I say if she knows that her request for the divorce of her husband's wife is forbidden, then she has no right to this condition, and she is also sinful. And if she did not know, then she is not sinful, and he is not obligated to fulfill it. And if he does not fulfill it, she has the option, if she was ignorant, she has the option, because the condition was not met. And so it is with all forbidden conditions; if they come from an ignorant person, he has the option if his purpose is not met, and her purpose is not met if... It is said that this is the option of the Sunnah, the best. These are harms that are not intended in reality. Perhaps between them he says, "This is the clothing of the mahr that I gave you a thousand times." Sometimes the woman is successful, being successful with him.