Q: Does Islam allow a Muslim woman to get her nikah annulled from an Islamic court without her husband's consent and when the man is refusing in the situations mentioned as under?
Her husband is an ill intentioned and greedy person who also emotionally blackmails his wife and in laws to grant him co ownership of an asset which the family gifted to their daughter.
After getting married, the woman got to know her husband is actually a homosexual with no interest in women. He married his wife out of societal pressure.
Before getting married, the man deceived the woman and her family about his social status claiming to possess a good job when in reality his situation was very different. Had the girl known the truth she would not have married him.
The man has two wives but does not deal with them equitably. prefers one over the other in terms of time allocation and material provisions, neither is he willing to change himself.
A: If a wife is oppressed in the nikaah and the husband does not want to release her from the nikaah, nor does he want to change his ways and fulfill her marital rights, then Shariah allows her to go to a Muslim organization and seek faskh (annulment of nikaah). After adopting the necessary steps, the Muslim organization will annul her nikaah.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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