Empathy for whom? The first wife? you can only have that if you've experienced the same as her.
Otherwise it's something else.
Having empathy for the "mistress" is uh... well, work it out.
Scimi
Umm[emoji813 said:Layth;2952172]If you are serious about cutting him off, you need to change all of your contact details and place a restraining order so he doesn't come by your place. He will be permanently gone before you know it. He needs to take care of his wife and children, it isn't worth breaking up his home over feelings he allowed himself to develop in a haraam manner.
Yes, and to elaborate a bit further, I have heard of a grown man cry because he can't keep up with two households and the demand for time and attention from two wives. It is exhausting on everyone involved.This is proactive advice.
In terms of 'empathy' I'm glad sister Umm Layth was able to apply her situation as a 'step mother'. How the constant ping pong game between houses has a mentally exhausting strain on families.
Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullah,Assalaamu 'Alaikum
This will be my last update and I really hope this *discussion* will help someone one day. And I need to thank everyone again for their answer. patience and respect.
As the majority of you said, he will dispose of me when he gets bored.
And he did indeed somehow. He is now with another girl, much younger than me.
I stopped any contact with him.
He disappointed and deceived me, and lied to me most important, about his feeling and intentions.
Good thing I stopped caring since a few weeks now so it wasn't a big hit when I saw them together.
I learned a lot of things, and never trust a married man and listen when others advice you, since they see it from outside your little balloon.
But I think most important... It opened my eyes about my beliefs, I've been raised christian but never really went to church or followed nay of it's traditions and practices, I've always been against it and considered myself a non believer. But I did think there is something that guides you, gives you back and takes away from you.
I always had this feeling that I don not belong anywhere even though I loved that place, I though I am standing still when I was accomplishing so many of my dreams and goals. I loved people but never felt whole with them.
So I started researching more and found out that my doubts have an answer in Islam, all the questions I had mostly found replies regarding belief.
I don't regret this only because it brought me to know more about Islam. But I repent from it since It was the worst thing I did in my life to another person (his wife).
Maybe one day I will find my eternal inner peace in Islam Inshallah
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