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Husband unable to fulfil the wife's conjugal rights

· 3 Rabiʻ I 1447 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I am a 24-year-old male with low sperm count (about 5 million), whereas the WHO normal limit is 15 million or more. My wife knows and supports me, but if my condition doesn’t improve, she might ask for a divorce. I want to know how permissible that is in Islam according to the Qur’an and Sunnah.

Answer

If you cannot fulfil her conjugal rights then the most reasonable thing is not to keep her in your marriage if she cannot tolerate this kind of a life.

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

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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