Husband is abusive: what to do?
Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. I know this woman who has basically done her nikah (marriage contract) with this man who is her first cousin. She does not get along with him and knows it will not work. They have not spoken in over a year and also before she got married with him he used to abuse her physically; when she confronted him about it he didn’t really care and said it's in the past and showed no remorse. She wants to end it but is not sure how her parents will react and whether the nikah is still valid. Jazakum Allahu khayran.
