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Is it permissible to convince one's sister to annul her engagement and return to her first husband, from whom she had children, especially since the husband wishes to take her back?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The first husband, after his wife has been divorced from him and it becomes permissible for him to marry her, becomes a suitor. If your sister has accepted this suitor and they have agreed to the engagement, it is not permissible to annul her engagement for the sake of a second suitor, even if he was her first husband and the father of her children. This is because retracting an acceptance after it has been given to a suitor is forbidden if it is for the sake of a second su suitor.

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