Liaison office of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al Sistani (L.M.H.L) in London, Europe, North and South America.
2389. If the husband comes to know after Nikah that his wife had, at
the time of Nikah, any one of the following six deficiencies, he can annul the
marriage:
Insanity, even if it is intermittent.
Leprosy
Leucoderma
Blindness
Being crippled, even if it is not to the extent of immobility.
Presence of flesh or a bone in the woman's uterus, which may or may not
obstruct sexual intercourse or pregnancy. And if the husband finds that the
wife at the time of Nikah, suffered from 'Ifdha' - meaning that her urinary
and menstrual tract have been one, or her menstrual passage and rectum have
been one, he cannot annul the marriage. As an obligatory precaution, he will
have to pronounce talaq if he wants to dissolve the marriage.
2390. A woman can annul the Nikah in the following cases, without
obtaining divorce:
If she comes to know that her husband has no male organ.
If she finds that his penis has been cut off before or after the sexual
intercourse.
If he suffers from a disease which disables him from sexual intercourse,
even if that disease was contracted after the Nikah, or before or after the
sexual intercourse.
2390. In the following situations, if a wife refuses to continue with
the matrimony and wishes to dissolve the marriage, then as a matter of
precaution, the husband or his guardian will solemnise the divorce:
If she comes to know after the Nikah, that the husband was insane at the
time of Nikah; or if he becomes insane after the Nikah, before or after
consummation of the marriage.
If she finds out that at the time of Nikah, the husband had been
castrated.
If she learns that he suffered at the time of Nikah from leprosy or
leucoderma.
Note: And if the husband is incapable of
sexual intercourse, and she wishes to annul the marriage, it will be necessary
for her to approach the Mujtahid or his representative, who may allow the
husband a period of one year, and if it is found that he was not able to have
sexual intercourse with her or with any other woman, the wife can annul the
marriage.
2391. If the wife annuls the marriage because of the husband's
inability to have sexual intercourse, the husband should give her half of her
Mahr. But, if the man or the wife annuls the marriage because of one of the
other deficiencies enumerated above, and if the marriage has not been
consummated, he will not be liable for anything.
But if the marriage was
consummated, he should pay her full Mahr. If the husband annuls the marriage due
to the deficiencies mentioned in rule 2389, he will not be liable for anything
if he has not had sexual intercourse with her. But if he has had sexual relation
with her, then he has to pay full Mahr.