What is the reward for a woman who marries a man who is mentally ill without her knowledge of his illness, and she patiently endures the difficulty of living with him?
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Whoever is afflicted in this world with something that causes them a miserable life and hardship will receive great good and reward from Allah if they are patient and seek recompense, for calamities expiate sins and elevate ranks. Associating with a spouse of this type carries a great reward because it is one of the most difficult matters. And life itself is all a trial and test. The has given the spouses the option to annul the marriage if one of them has a repellent defect, such as insanity, unless that defect was accepted.
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