Vitiligo, if slight, does the woman have the right to request annulment?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : In the issue we mentioned, that vitiligo, even if it is slight, gives her the right to annul, even if it is...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does she have the right?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : But, Shaykh, does it not harm her?
The Shaykh : In any case, the solution is that in reality this differs. If the spot is, as we illustrated, a spot like a grasshopper's eye between the shoulders, this is very hidden and does not necessitate repulsion. But if it is on the face, yes, it has an effect. However, we say that the jurists say absolutely, even if it does not cause repulsion. We illustrated with this because, if Allah wills, it will come to us that there are defects for which they do not see annulment, even though they are more deserving of it. That is, if a man enters upon his wife and finds her blind, deaf, mute, lame, hunched back, yes, disfigured in the face, yes, unable to get out of her bed, yes, he says this is not a defect, this is not a defect. If these are not defects, then there is no defect in the world at all, and a spot of vitiligo between the shoulders is considered a defect. The Shari'ah does not come with such a thing absolutely. He enters upon this woman with this description and says, "Peace be upon you," and she cannot say, what can she say? Yes? How... this is the most severe thing. We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : The time is up, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner :"And whoever is satisfied with the defect, or whose indication of it is found while he knows of it, has no option. And the annulment of one of them is not completed except by a judge. If it is before consummation, there is no mahr, and after it, she has the specified mahr, and he returns to the guarantor if found. The young girl, the insane woman, and the slave woman are not married to one of them with a defect. If the adult woman is satisfied with a castrated man or one with a hernia, she is not prevented, but from an insane man, a leper, or a vitiligo patient. And when she knows the defect or it occurs, her guardian is not forced to annul."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does she have the right?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : But, Shaykh, does it not harm her?
The Shaykh : In any case, the solution is that in reality this differs. If the spot is, as we illustrated, a spot like a grasshopper's eye between the shoulders, this is very hidden and does not necessitate repulsion. But if it is on the face, yes, it has an effect. However, we say that the jurists say absolutely, even if it does not cause repulsion. We illustrated with this because, if Allah wills, it will come to us that there are defects for which they do not see annulment, even though they are more deserving of it. That is, if a man enters upon his wife and finds her blind, deaf, mute, lame, hunched back, yes, disfigured in the face, yes, unable to get out of her bed, yes, he says this is not a defect, this is not a defect. If these are not defects, then there is no defect in the world at all, and a spot of vitiligo between the shoulders is considered a defect. The Shari'ah does not come with such a thing absolutely. He enters upon this woman with this description and says, "Peace be upon you," and she cannot say, what can she say? Yes? How... this is the most severe thing. We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : The time is up, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner :"And whoever is satisfied with the defect, or whose indication of it is found while he knows of it, has no option. And the annulment of one of them is not completed except by a judge. If it is before consummation, there is no mahr, and after it, she has the specified mahr, and he returns to the guarantor if found. The young girl, the insane woman, and the slave woman are not married to one of them with a defect. If the adult woman is satisfied with a castrated man or one with a hernia, she is not prevented, but from an insane man, a leper, or a vitiligo patient. And when she knows the defect or it occurs, her guardian is not forced to annul."