I got married 2 years ago then due to some family problems from my wife family they start asking me for divorce but i didnt give divorce to my wife she and her family lived in america and at that time i was living in Pakistan, then she get a lawyer and file the divorce in family court in america well in the mean time i left pakistan and went to uk and start living their but after two month i had heared that she is getting married and send me divorce by a family count of america, now i want to know what i should do now.
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Assalam-O-Alikum,
I got married 2 years ago then due to some family problems from my wife family
they start asking me for divorce but i didnt give divorce to my wife she and
her family lived in america and at that time i was living in Pakistan, then she
get a lawyer and file the divorce in family court in america well in the mean
time i left pakistan and went to uk and start living their but after two month
i had heared that she is getting married and send me divorce by a family count
of america, now i want to know what i should do now,
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Wife divorce from
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and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
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witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Beloved brother, if your wife has indeed approached a
Your
Question: …..now i want to know what i should do now,
Beloved brother, if due to the problems that exist in your
relationship with your wife, she neither stays with you, nor does she wish to
continue her marriage with you, and she is desperate to seek her freedom from
the marriage through divorce…..it would only be piety and righteousness on your
part that you grant her the freedom she so desires and divorce her.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verses 128-130:
128 If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part there is
no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between themselves; and
such settlement is best; even though men's souls are swayed by greed. But if ye do good and practice self-restraint
Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.
129 Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women even if it is
your ardent desire: but turn not away (from a woman) altogether so as to leave
her (as it were) hanging (in the air).
If ye come to a friendly understanding and practice self-restraint Allah
is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
130 But if they disagree (and must part) Allah will provide abundance
for all from His all-reaching bounty: for Allah is He that careth for all and
is Wise.
Beloved brother, if your wife is bent on seeking her
freedom through divorce from the marriage, and there is absolutely no way or
path to reconciliation….it would indeed be injustice and oppression in the
Sight of Allah Subhanah for the husband to deny his wife the divorce and to
leave her as if ‘hanging in the air’ whereby she is neither living like a
married woman, nor can she marry someone else!
In such a situation it would be best for the husband to fear Allah and
grant his wife the freedom she so desperately seeks from their marriage.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister