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What is the ruling on a wife refusing intimacy with her husband because he has not paid debts he owes her, and is it better to remain in this marital relationship or to divorce?

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You must seek refuge in Allah Almighty to settle your debts, and increase your supplications. It has been reported from Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, taught Abu Umamah a supplication for Allah to remove his worries and settle his debt, which is: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, and I seek refuge in You from inability and laziness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice and stinginess, and I seek refuge in You from the burden of debt and the oppression of men." This should be recited in the morning and in the evening.

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