FIRST REMINDER. Sunday. 1st day of Rabeeul Awwal. ASKING YOUR HUSBAND FOR A DIVORCE FOR NO LEGITIMATE REASON. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Before I commence on this topic, let me remind all brothers that the sister you decide to marry is a contract you are signing through her parents and ALLAH to be her protector, to cater for her, to create companionship between the two for Halaal sexual relationship, to prepare her well towards raising Rightours children who will become sadaqatul Jaariya(To pray and seek forgiveness for us after our death) etc. She may also be created barren as a test for you to cater for her through patience till Jannat becomes the abode for both which must be our priority in life. If you deny her, her rights most importantly you stop feeding her, she has Islamic right to deny you sexual relationship and has right to seek divorce and you must grant her Request or face Allah on judgement day if the imams cancels the Marriage by force which is permissible after mediation to try to resolve the Marriage fails. Back to our topic. Many women hasten to demand a divorce from their husbands for the least little argument, or if their husbands do not give them what they want of money. Some women may be egged on by troublemakers among their relatives or neighbours to challenge their husbands with provocative words such as: “If you a real man, you would divorce me!” The dire results of divorce are well known: breakdown of the family and children roaming the streets. A person may come to regret divorce when it is too late. For all these reasons and others, the Sharee’ah wisely prohibited such actions. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is reported to have said: “Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce with no sound reason will be deprived of smelling the fragrance of Paradise.”(Reported by Imam Ahmad, 5.277; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 2703). ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Woman who ask for divorce and women who contend unnecessarily with their husbands are hypocrites.”(Reported by al-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer, 17/339; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 1934). But if there is a sound reason, such as the husband abandoning prayer, drinking or taking drugs, or forcing his wife to do something haraam, or oppressing her and making her suffer by denying her the rights granted to her by Islaam, and he does not listen to advice to mend his ways, then in this case there is nothing wrong with a woman seeking divorce for her own sake and for the sake of her religion. May Allah keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.