Is it permissible for the wife's father to prevent the husband from seeing his wife and order him to pay his debts and provide housing before he allows her to return to him, knowing the husband's difficult circumstances?
If the wife did not stipulate in the marriage contract that she would not leave her country, and the husband provided her with suitable accommodation in his place of work, then neither she nor her father has the right to refuse to move with him, and she must obey him. It is not permissible for the wife to request a divorce without a valid reason, and if she does, the husband has the right to refuse divorcing her until she relinquishes some of her rights to him. However, if the husband is unable to provide suitable accommodation or maintenance for her, then she has the right to request a divorce, and the husband does not have the right to refuse at that point.
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