What are the implications for a couple if the wife discovers her husband conversing with non-mahram women after the marriage contract and their seclusion for a year, but before consummation, and the wife requests annulment of the contract?
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A woman is not permitted to seek divorce simply because her husband disobeys God; rather, she must advise him and improve her marital relations with him. However, if the husband wishes to divorce her after the marriage contract and valid seclusion ( shar'iyya), he is obligated to pay her the full mahr (dowry), and she must observe the waiting period ('), as a valid seclusion is equivalent to consummation in terms of the rulings that ensue from it.
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