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To what extent is the husband's supplication permissible: "O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen, if there is no good for me in her [i.e., the wife], then relieve me of her," and is repentance and seeking forgiveness sufficient if the supplication was misguided?

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What the husband prayed for does not contain any Sharia violation unless he intended to be rid of her through her death, in which case it would be a violation of the Prophet's prohibition against praying against oneself, one's children, or one's wealth. It is preferable that he prays for her guidance and righteousness.

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