Is it permissible for a husband to break his promise to his new wife regarding equitable division after marriage, under the pretext of following the majority opinion? Is it permissible for him to promise her before marriage what the minority opinion has stated on a disputed matter? Is it permissible for him to compensate his first wife for the years she spent in her country and for the interests of their children, leaving the second wife alone in a strange country? And if it is permissible for her to have an equitable division, is it permissible for his working days with the second wife to be equivalent to his days of unemployment with the first wife? If she is entitled to an equitable division, should she be compensated for the entire period she spent in Egypt, or only for the period during which she managed her husband’s affairs? And how should she be compensated for the period spent managing the affairs of their children?
Most scholars believe that the difference in countries between two wives does not negate the wife's right to spend the night with her husband. The husband must be just between his wives, for Allah the Almighty said: (But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one) [Quran 4:3]. Therefore, it is not permissible for the husband to be absent from one of his wives for a period that would cause her harm. The maximum period a husband may stay with one wife is three nights, after which he returns to the other. There is no blame on the husband if his turn with one of his wives coincides with him being unemployed. If the woman does not refuse to travel to her husband, she is not considered disobedient, and her right to division (of nights) is not forfeited.
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