Wives
preventing polygyny
source:
silsilat ul-hudā wa nnūr ~ the series of guidance and light
~ tape no. 787
Question #3: “Is it allowed for the woman to come between
her husband and polylgyny?”
Shaykh al-Albānī answers:
“Of course, I believe that it is not allowed for her (to do
so) because of two reasons: The first (reason) is that she
is hindering (her husband) from the path of Allāh and the
other (reason) is that she is opposing the command of her
husband… Because you know that the obedience of a woman to
her husband is obligatory just as the matter is with regard
to the obedience of an individual member of a nation to the
Muslim ruler – with an obedience which I don’t say is blind
but rather a complete obedience – except what the Islamic
legislation has made an exception, which is (obeying
someone) in disobedience to Allāh. And from this result
Islamically legislated rulings which (state) that if the
Muslim ruler commands something that is basically allowed,
this command becomes obligatory upon the one who is
commanded with it to fulfill, because it is the command of
the ruler. Exactly likewise is the command with respect to
the wife with her husband.
So if the husband commands his wife with some command, while
the command is allowed in the foundation of the Islamic
legislation and while the woman is able to fulfill it, then
it is obligatory upon her to obey him. And if she does not
obey him, then she has disobeyed Allāh and His Messenger (صلى
الله عليه وسلم). Therefore, concerning the usage of
hindrances that the woman undertakes – which may come
between her husband and that which he wants to attain from
what Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, has allowed, let alone
if the allowed (matter) is a desirable, permissible one –
then no doubt she will be disobedient twice. The first time
is what I have previously mentioned, that she is cutting off
the path (of Allāh); and the other matter is that she is
opposing her husband in a command that she has no right to
oppose because she is able (to fulfill it) and he is not
wanting to do (an act of) disobedience to Allāh.”
~ asaheeha translations ~
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