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What is your jurisprudential guidance for a wife who suffers from her husband's stinginess and neglect of her, his frequent solo travels, and his refusal to have children, which has led to her exhaustion and despair regarding the continuation of their marital life, despite her desire not to separate?

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If you fear a breach between the spouses, send an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from her family. If they desire reconciliation, Allah will bring them together. If the husband persists in ill-treatment and you have no child from him, there is no blame in seeking a divorce.

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