Is a divorced woman's supplication for her first husband to return to her after she married another man and then divorced him before consummation considered an transgression in supplication, especially if she supplicates for Allah to reunite her with him through a marriage that pleases Him? Is it permissible for her to stipulate to a suitor that he divorces her if she does not love him after marriage, and is this considered a circumvention of tahlil or deceit?
If a husband divorces his wife with a triple talaq, she is not lawful for him until she marries another husband with the intention of permanence, not with the intention of making herself lawful (for her first husband), and then he divorces her or dies. It is permissible to supplicate for the return of the first husband, provided that there is good in it.
If a woman marries a poor man, knowing of his poverty, jurists have differed regarding her right to annul the marriage due to his destitution. The majority opinion is that she has the right to annul the marriage, while Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn Uthaymeen hold that she does not have the right to annul the marriage in this case, but she may work and her husband should not prevent her.
However, if she marries with the intention of tahlil (making herself lawful for her first husband), this stratagem is forbidden according to those who believe that the woman's intention is impactful, due to the deception and cunning involved. The preponderant opinion is that the intention of tahlil invalidates the marriage from its very foundation. It is advised to abandon stratagems, submit the matter to Allah, and accept a righteous husband with the intention of permanence.
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