Is travel mandatory for the wife selected by casting lots?

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Al-Mughni

Book of the Wedding Feast

Book 37 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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Travel is not obligatory upon the husband for the wife whose turn is determined by the casting of lots. The casting of lots merely specifies whom the turn is due to, it does not establish obligation. If the husband desires to travel with a wife other than the one selected by lot, it is not permissible because the lot specified her, and deviation from that determination is prohibited.