Is a wife sinful for refusing her husband due to her grief over him, and how does she seek forgiveness after the divorce has occurred?
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A wife must obey her husband if he calls her to bed, and she is not permitted to refuse except for a legitimate Shar‘i excuse. If a husband abandons his wife unjustly, there is no sin upon her. She must repent to Allah for what she has fallen short in.
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