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What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a wife who is negligent in prayer, whose treatment changes when her family visits, who makes many personal demands, and who prevents her husband from helping his family? And is it permissible for the husband to be patient with her, or should he divorce her?

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Dar al-Ifta summarized that compelling the suitor to pay the deferred dower upon the dissolution of the engagement is not permissible in Islamic law if the dissolution is initiated by the fiancée. However, if the dissolution is initiated by the suitor, he is then obligated to pay the deferred dower if it is proven that he abused his right to dissolve the engagement, and that the fiancée was harmed by his dissolution of the engagement without a valid reason.

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