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*Khul' is not the 'right' of a woman, but it is still the 'right' of husband to either grant it or to deny it. | *Khul' is not the 'right' of a woman, but it is still the 'right' of husband to either grant it or to deny it. | ||
*No Islamic | *No Islamic Court operating on traditional [[Shari'ah (Islamic Law)]] could compel the husband to divorce her if he doesn't want to divorce her. | ||
*In Khul', a woman has to offer | *In Khul', a woman has to offer money to her husb<nowiki/>and in exchange for the dissolution of the marriage. | ||
*If he accepts the money offered, the dissolution of the marriage may proceed. But if he rejects the money offer, then she must stay with him, and no court could compel him to divorce her. | *If he accepts the money offered, the dissolution of the marriage may proceed. But if he rejects the money on offer, then she must stay with him, and no traditional shari'ah court could compel him to divorce her. | ||
*Even if the husband is abusive, and he beats her brutally (even with bruises on her body), still | *Even if the husband is abusive, and he beats her brutally (even with bruises on her body), she still cannot get the marriage dissolved through Khul' according to the traditional rulings of shari'ah if the husband does not consent. | ||
*Only in the case that her husband causes grievous injury such as breaking her bones, does she get the right to go to the court in order to dissolve the marriage. Yet | *Only in the case that her husband causes grievous injury such as breaking her bones, does she get the right to go to the court in order to dissolve the marriage. Yet she sti<nowiki/>ll has to pay the money to her husband, even in the case that he broke her bones. | ||
Moreover, Khul' is often mixed up with the 'Faskh' (فسخ) of Nikah (i.e. dissolution of marriage), although both of them are two different things. | Moreover, Khul' is often mixed up with the 'Faskh' (فسخ) of Nikah (i.e. dissolution of marriage), although both of them are two different things. | ||