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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
1- You have the right to get your rights through the legal channels available to you.
2- However, at no time you are allowed to make false allegations or claims against your husband.
3- If you do that, then you are equally guilty before Allah, in which case, there is no difference between you and your husband.
In responding to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:
I empathize with you and pray to Allah to grant you relief and bless you with success in both worlds.
You have the right to get your rights through the legal channels available to you. However, at no time you are allowed to make false allegations or claims against your husband.
Your lawyer is acting immorally by making you do it. As a Muslim woman, you must never make allegations that you know are false. If you do that, then you are equally guilty before Allah, in which case, there is no difference between you and your husband.
You may do well to remember the words of the Prophet (peace be upon him): “Be truthful always; truthfulness leads to virtue and virtue leads to paradise. Shun lying (in all forms), for lying leads to sins, and sins leads the way to hellfire. A person continues to lie until his or her name is entered as a liar in the Register of Allah.” (Muslim)
I pray to Allah to include us among those who seek to remain steadfast in truthfulness and virtue.
Almighty Allah knows best.
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