Is it permissible for a woman to seek divorce from her husband due to his addiction to pornographic websites, his practice of masturbation, his dishonesty, his uttering of obscene words during intercourse and demanding that she repeat them, his engaging in abnormal acts, in addition to his negligence in performing prayers and his smoking?
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A balance must be struck between the harm of divorce and the harm of remaining (in the marriage), along with the permissibility of seeking divorce.
Regarding unusual acts, the permissible postures for intercourse, and what is lawful and unlawful in terms of words during intercourse, have been explained in previous fatwas.
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