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He married her without the knowledge of his first wife, then his secret was found out, and he is still not giving her her rights with regard to his staying overnight with her

Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

When a husband conceals his second marriage, in most cases

that leads to some kind of injustice for his new wife, as he will be

confused and uncertain and will be afraid that he may do something that

would lead to his first wife finding out that he has taken a second wife.

This may lead him into a series of mistakes.

As you agreed to that at first, then you have to put up with

what happens to you in some ways and you have to try to set things straight

in other ways.

If your husband had an excuse -- in your view -- before his

marriage to you was discovered, then he has no excuse now. What he has to do

is to teach you and his first wife fairly with regard to spending the night.

However many nights he spends there, he has to spend the same number of

nights with you, and you have the right to demand this right which Allaah

has obliged him to give and that Allaah has given to you. If he persists in

refusing, then you have the choice: either you can accept your life with him

and put up with it until Allaah grants you relief -- which is what we

recommend -- or you can choose to leave him.

As the matter has been discovered, we advise you to appoint

as an intermediary someone who has knowledge and is of good character, who

can intervene between you to resolve your problem with him and make him do

that which Allaah has obliged him to do of treating you and his first wife

fairly, and registering your daughter officially. This is something that is

essential. How can he accept for his daughter to remain like that, with no

recorded lineage and with her rights exposed to loss?

Now the matter is up to you. Advise him and remind him of

Allaah, and if he does not respond, then appoint as intermediaries wise

people from among your family, or from among your family and his, to advise

him and make him adhere to that which Allaah has enjoined upon him of

treating his wives fairly and registering his daughter in the official

records.

Ask Allaah to help and guide you and him. We ask Allaah to

bring you together on the basis of good and to make it easy for you to do

that which pleases Him.

And Allaah knows best.

Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)
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