Her husband threatened her with divorce if she covers her face or her head
Question: 12094
Her husband wants to divorce her because she covers her face. Another woman has been threatened with divorce if she covers her hair. They live abroad (not in a Muslim country). Does this count as coercion that would allow them to uncover in either the first or the second case?
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn
Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who answered as follows:
If this is a third talaaq (divorce), then
yes, because it is irrevocable. In this case the wife is being forced.
But if it is a first or second talaaq, then she should not pay any heed
to him. He will be the first one to regret it. So let her continue covering
her face and her hair. We ask Allaah to make her steadfast and to guide
her husband. And Allaah knows best.
Source:
Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen
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