Must a wife continue in a marriage in which she feels no security or love and lacks tenderness and protection, especially with the presence of two children, and her inability to comprehend the idea of conjugal relations again with her husband who betrayed her and stopped providing for her and their children, knowing that she has begun to imagine men embracing her, "not with lust, but with tenderness"?

The husband mentioned is abusive in several ways: his negligence in spending and cohabitation, his sin of squandering maintenance for his child, and his engaging in an unlawful relationship. The husband is advised to be gentle and lenient, and prayers are offered for his righteousness. Relatives should mediate to mend the situation. The wife has the right to seek a divorce if the husband does not mend his ways, and she must be cautious not to fall into indecency. If she fears for her religion and honor, divorce is better for her. She can claim from her husband what she spent on herself and her children if she did not spend it voluntarily.