Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Husband unable to be intimate with wife

· 26 Shaʻban 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a woman has a disorder where her vaginal passage does not dilate, resulting in her being unable to consummate the marriage, then, does her husband have a choice in keeping this marriage? Just as a man gets married and is found to be impotent,then his wife has a choice to remain in the marriage or not.

Is there any Fiqhi text to prove this?

Answer

If the wife has a blockage as a result of which the husband cannot consummate the marriage (through penetration), then the husband doesn’t have a choice in the matter.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وإن كان بالزوجة عيب كجنون أو جذام أو برص أو رتق أو قرن فلا خيار (اللباب في شرح الكتاب ص24 ج3)

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Mufti Mohammed Desai
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