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/18. Regarding Khul'

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Darussalam · Volume 3

13. THE BOOK OF DIVORCE

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الحديث: 2226 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 268

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2226. Thawbān reported that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce without any cause will be prohibited from smelling the fragrance of Paradise.” (Sahih)

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2226 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ سَأَلَتْ زَوْجَهَا طَلَاقًا فِي غَيْرِ مَا بَأْسٍ، فَحَرَامٌ عَلَيْهَا رَائِحَةُ الْجَنَّةِ»

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In case there is no conjugal felicity or harmony among couples, and the husband is unwilling to divorce and the wife is insisting on separation, there is no other way for the wife except to go to a Qāḏī (judge) and present her case before him. If the judge, after reviewing the facts of the case, asks the wife to return the Mahr the husband gave her, and then he revokes the marriage agreement binding them, this kind of separation is called Khul' (dislocation, discharge, etc) in Islamic law.