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Taking a second wife

· 22 Rajab 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I have two questions to ask A) If a muslim husband if found to have had illegal sex with a christian woman as he fell in love with her, can his wife permit and support the woman to change her religion to islam and marry him? B)A wife wants to do sterility surgery in order to stop delivery as she has 3 little kids. But her husband did not permit her to do so. After that the husband chooses a second wife and abstains from sex with the first wife so that they wont have kids anymore. Whats the ruling regarding such a case in Islam?

Answer

1. Yes.

2. The first wife should be treated with kindness and he should see to her conjugal rights also.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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