Question:
Asalaamlikum
My friend has asked me to write this and is requesting help/guidance for her divorce. Her family is not supporting her one bit and blaming her for everything and siding with their culture/name as more important than their daughter/sister being mentally hurt and trying to force her back into the marriage to Pakistan (she lives in the UK). Her older brother claims according to Hanafi fiqh that a husband is allowed to have bed relations with his wife whenever he pleases and it is not abuse regardless of the wife’s mood and health, and says it’s disobedience from the wife. My friend has filed for a divorce and needs your Dua’s to get out of this situation quickly. She is asking for any prayer she can recite to help her in her case, InshAllah.
JazakAllah.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
It is considered forbidden for a woman to have sex during her period. The wife can refuse to have sex while having her period. Otherwise, constant refusal to have sex is regarded as a valid reason for talaq or khula`(divorce).
Imam Senad Agic, Ph.D.
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
www.mesihat.com
