Is a wife entitled to seek divorce while retaining custody of her male children who are over seven years old, without forfeiting her financial rights (the house and monetary bonds), given the husband's mistreatment of her and her family, his threats to her, his inability to provide for the family, in addition to his taking usurious loans, and considering that he sometimes does not pray?
What a husband does in terms of injustice and abuse towards his wife, taking her money without her consent, and resorting to magic and sorcery, are major sins. And since the husband is negligent in prayer, consumes usury, and is unjust, there is no blame upon the wife in seeking a divorce from him, and he has no right to take any of her money except with her consent. As for the custody of children after the age of seven, the best interest of the child should be prioritized in custody over choice or lottery.
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