Question Summary:
My husband is a compulsive gambler

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please could you give me any advice on what to do.
My husband is a compulsive gambler, we are married 8years now, and have four beautiful and clever children. i am a new muslim alhamdulillah. i am very tired, exausted and feeling so much pain due to his behaviour and attitude. my children watching all his anger, over little things. if i say no to give him money he does very bad things in frront of our children, use bad language and say very bad things about me to the children. they very young 2,4,5,7 but they can see what is going on. i can't focus on normal life, cooking, cleaning playing with my childen becouse i have so much of his gambling on my head. i have nowhere to go as im not from uk, my passport expiered but cant take and break my children school and just go away.no money , nowhere to go.i dont know what to do. his family cry, beg shout him to stop.he doesnt listnen...

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Sister
Your tolerance and forbearance in your marriage especially in view of you being a revert is encouraging and an expression of your strong Imaan. We make dua Allah keep you steadfast and grant you peace and happiness. May Allah change your husband’s habit and fill your house with peace and harmony. Ameen.
We advise you to adopt two measures to address your difficulty.
Firstly, this is a world of means. Adopt all effective means to reform your husband. Refer to your local Ulema and also seek professional help.
Secondly, turn to Allah with dua and zikr. It is our belief that all challenges are from Allah. Allah alone can put positive effect in the means you adopt to reform your husband.
Inshallah, the above two steps will complement each other to bear a successful outcome.
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed
Student Darul Iftaa
Netherlands
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.