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Is it permissible to seek divorce from a husband who frequently insults, curses, and threatens divorce, knowing that there was a valid private seclusion (khalwa shar'iyya) without the rupture of the hymen?

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If the husband repeatedly insults and threatens to divorce, the wife has the right to seek divorce due to his ill-treatment. It is preferable for the wife to first try to advise her husband and reform him. If his character does not improve, then there is no blame upon her for seeking a divorce, especially if consummation has not occurred and they do not have children. If the husband has had a valid seclusion (khalwa sahihah) with the wife, she is entitled to the full mahr.

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