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Impotence
permits one to seek a divorce
Question:
A woman was married for many years and did not have any children.
After an examination, it was determined that the problem was
from her husband and it would be impossible for the two of
them to have children. Does she have the right to seek a divorce?
Response:
That woman has a right to ask for divorce from her husband
if it is shown that the infertility problem is from him alone.
If he divorces her, that is final. If he does not divorce
her, a judge may dissolve her marriage. This is because the
woman has the right to have children and many women do not
even get married except to have children. If the man she is
married to is impotent or sterile, she has the right to ask
for divorce and have her marriage dissolved. This is the stronger
opinion among the scholars.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa al-Mar.ah
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