Fatwa: # 17600
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: South Africa
Date: 1st March 2009

Title

Unanswered

Question

Mine is of a very sad nature.
My wife and i have split due to her insecurities about my past. She being my second wife has insecurities about my first wife brought on by her own thought and feelings. Maybe i havent done enuf to assure her that my past is my past but it has come to the stage that she has moved out of the house and now living on her own. I love her dearly and have known her for so long and so deeply that i cant seem to make heads or tails of my life. I love her so much and even have haraam thoughts of takingm y life! Depression has taken over and i cant seem to handle it. My wife wont come back home, what do i do?

Answer

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