Social Matters >> Talaq (Divorce)
Question ID: 45281Country: United States of America
Answer ID: 45281
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 829/773/N=1434) It is severely haram and unlawful not to pay marital rights of wife and not to give her divorce and keep her in hanging position. Such a person shall deserve severe abasement and torment in the hereafter. Hence if the husband of your late friend’s daughter does not want to pay marital rights then it is wajib and necessary for him to divorce his wife and let her free so that she could marry any other man and could pass her life with him with modesty and virtue. But if he is not giving divorce then the easy method to get rid of him is to withdraw from the mahr if she has not taken it or by returning it back if she has received, then the husband is demanded to give khula. And if he demands some more money except mahr and is not ready for khula without it then if as per the capacity this demand may also be met owing to the future of the girl. However, if he is not ready for khula as well then the third and last option is that the girl and her guardians produce this case before Shariah Panchayat. The Shariah Panchayat shall solve it in the light of Shariah, in-shaAllah.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India