What should a wife do whose husband is unable to have marital relations with her, and he has married two other women, and she has come to live alone far away from him, with her desire for divorce and her fear of society's view of a divorced woman?
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It is the husband's right to be absent from his wife for six months or less without her permission. He must be just among his wives in termsing of lodging and sustenance, and provide a safe place for his wife. If he does that, the wife is not entitled to seek divorce unless she is harmed by his absence. However, divorce may not be in her best interest due to her special circumstances and the status of a divorced woman in society.
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