If someone says: If a wife conditions her husband not to marry another woman, is there not harm in that?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, if someone asks how a wife conditions her husband not to marry...
The Shaykh : Not to marry another woman?
The questioner : Not to marry.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What is the harm?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, if a woman conditions that her husband not marry another woman, is he compelled to accept the condition?
The questioner : I mean, there is not...
The Shaykh : Are there no daughters of Adam other than this woman? Absolutely not. If there is no other woman in the country, let us give you a fatwa that, if Allah wills, it does not contradict [the ruling]; she is prevented [from marrying another].
The questioner : May Allah bless you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, in any case, it is said that the right belongs to the husband; if he wishes, he agrees, and if he wishes, he does not agree. Yes, 'Abid?
The Shaykh : Not to marry another woman?
The questioner : Not to marry.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What is the harm?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, if a woman conditions that her husband not marry another woman, is he compelled to accept the condition?
The questioner : I mean, there is not...
The Shaykh : Are there no daughters of Adam other than this woman? Absolutely not. If there is no other woman in the country, let us give you a fatwa that, if Allah wills, it does not contradict [the ruling]; she is prevented [from marrying another].
The questioner : May Allah bless you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, in any case, it is said that the right belongs to the husband; if he wishes, he agrees, and if he wishes, he does not agree. Yes, 'Abid?