What should a married woman do who shares mutual feelings with a colleague at work, despite the stability of her marriage, but suffers from emotional and sexual coldness with her nervous husband, and fears falling into sin? Should she seek a divorce to marry her colleague, or what?
The core of the problem lies in your relationship with a foreign, married man, while you are also a wife and mother, which has affected your relationship with your husband. Do not limit the solution to two forbidden choices; rather, consider ending the relationship, leaving your job if it connects you to him, and appreciating Allah's blessings upon you. Remember that Allah is protective of His sacred limits, and fearing Allah and glorifying Him necessitate abandoning desires and seeking His pleasure. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, also warned against corrupting a woman against her husband and seeking divorce without cause. The relationship with this man is invalid, and your future marriage to him might also be invalid. The solution lies in cutting off the relationship with him, leaving your job, patiently enduring spiritual healing, returning to your husband and home, and seeking guidance and chastity from Allah.
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