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Abusive spouse in dunya, relationship in the akhira?

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From what I understand, it seems to be a pretty mainstream (if not consensus) opinion that married couples where both parties go to paradise will be married in paradise as well (see e.g. [When a woman's husband dies and she remarries, which husband will she be with in Jannah?](https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/43532/when-a-womans-husband-dies-and-she-remarries-which-husband-will-she-be-with-in) - the answer seems to be "the last one she married"). Now as far as I can tell, there is doctrinal consensus that all people who die as Muslims will go to paradise eventually (though historically, a few now-considered-heretical sects like the Mutazilites may have thought you could end up getting tortured in hell for eternity for grievous sins). Together, these two statements imply that if two people who were married and both died as Muslims, then they will be together in paradise forever. **Question:** Do things like spousal abuse change the doctrinal position here? Say a husband abused his wife all her life, but they both died as Muslims - does she get a say of "I don't want that man" in paradise?
Asked by G. Bach (2099 rep)
Sep 15, 2017, 10:49 AM
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