If a man finds that his wife has no teeth, does he have the right to annul the marriage?
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The questioner : If he finds that she has no teeth and ... .
The Shaykh : If he finds that she has no teeth, that is better, so that if she bites him, she does not wound him. Where did you find this, O Adam?
The questioner : ... a car hit her or.
The Shaykh : Correct, this is possible; she may not have teeth either due to her old age or an accident that befell her. But do you see this as a defect? You? Regardless of what the author said?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Do you see it as a defect? Yes, well, if she had teeth installed, and she said to her husband, "I am able to have teeth installed," so she had them installed.
The questioner : It is looked at ... the husband.
The Shaykh : What is looked at?
The questioner : The desire, if her husband is desirous, for example ..
The Shaykh : If he is desirous, and she has no teeth, there is no problem. But if he says, "I do not want it, and even if she installs teeth, I do not want the marriage; I want to annul the marriage," what do you say?
The questioner : ... he has the right to annul.
The Shaykh : Yes, if we say that he stipulated that she must have teeth, and it turned out that she has no teeth.
The questioner : He has the right to annul.
The Shaykh : So he has the choice, without doubt, because these artificial teeth are not like the original ones.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is the criterion in the issue of defects?
The Shaykh : The author will come to us, if Allah wills; he will dedicate a chapter to this after this, and we will discuss it, if Allah wills. Yes?
The Shaykh : If he finds that she has no teeth, that is better, so that if she bites him, she does not wound him. Where did you find this, O Adam?
The questioner : ... a car hit her or.
The Shaykh : Correct, this is possible; she may not have teeth either due to her old age or an accident that befell her. But do you see this as a defect? You? Regardless of what the author said?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Do you see it as a defect? Yes, well, if she had teeth installed, and she said to her husband, "I am able to have teeth installed," so she had them installed.
The questioner : It is looked at ... the husband.
The Shaykh : What is looked at?
The questioner : The desire, if her husband is desirous, for example ..
The Shaykh : If he is desirous, and she has no teeth, there is no problem. But if he says, "I do not want it, and even if she installs teeth, I do not want the marriage; I want to annul the marriage," what do you say?
The questioner : ... he has the right to annul.
The Shaykh : Yes, if we say that he stipulated that she must have teeth, and it turned out that she has no teeth.
The questioner : He has the right to annul.
The Shaykh : So he has the choice, without doubt, because these artificial teeth are not like the original ones.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is the criterion in the issue of defects?
The Shaykh : The author will come to us, if Allah wills; he will dedicate a chapter to this after this, and we will discuss it, if Allah wills. Yes?