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Spending equal nights with each wife

· 28 Jumada I 1439 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

My husband spends 4 nights with his first wife and 3 nights with me. Out of one of the 4 nights with his first wife, he sleeps in a separate bed in another room but under the same roof. Is that counted as 4 nights or 3 nights?

Answer

The more fair thing will be that if he sleeps in a separate room in the same house as the first wife then he must do the same in your house.

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

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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