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Is the wife entitled to annul the marriage or seek divorce due to the husband's complete sexual incapacity and an incurable neurological disease? Is she permitted to refuse intimacy if she declines separation? Do the husband's guardianship and rights fall away after he has lost everything?

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The wife is advised to be patient with her husband's sexual impotence. If she cannot, she has the right to request a divorce to avert harm from herself, and she should refer the matter to a judge if the husband refuses. Annulment of marriage due to impotence (impotentia coeundi) is only permissible if intercourse has not previously occurred. If the wife chooses to remain, she must allow her husband to enjoy her in a customary and non-repulsive manner, such as foreplay, because this is the husband's right, and her refusal may be considered 'nushuz' (marital disobedience).

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