Is keeping a wife in her home as a "nanny" for the children, and her waiving of her marital rights—such as cohabitation and equality with the other wife—in exchange for security, protection, and maintenance, considered a divorce? Or should she be divorced to avoid suspicion and injustice?
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If the wife agrees to waive her right to cohabitation or equal division (of time), there is no blame on the husband, and he is not unjust to her. However, she is permitted to retract and demand her right, because her right is renewable.
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