What is the ruling regarding a husband asking his first wife for her consent to his marriage to a second wife, and to exclusively spend nights with the second wife, with the first wife's approval, given the severe disagreements between them due to infidelity, their agreement to divorce, then their retraction from divorce due to family pressure, and the first wife's consent to his marriage to another and to spend nights with her?
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One who falls into sin must repent immediately. A Muslim man is permitted to marry more than one wife as long as he is able to be just, and the wife's consent is not a prerequisite for this. A wife is permitted to waive her right to stay overnight [with her husband] with his consent, and she has the right to retract that waiver.
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