can a woman ask for divorce if the husband is a liar and keeps driving aruound young girls even if he says they view her as theor dad? is it allowed for a man to have physical contact(like hugging ) with young girls(13-18 years of age)under the pretext that he takes them as his daughters?

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

It is not permissible for a man to touch a young girl who is usually desired for sexual relationship if she is a non-Mahram (the Mahram is a woman whom one is permanently prohibited to marry due to suckling, marital or blood relations); for more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 18007 and 83682.

If this is in regard to touching, then hugging is more abominable and heinous and a husband who does such a thing is an evil husband.

As regards lying, then it is even more sinful and detestable as it is a grave major sin as we clarified in Fatwa 83479.

Indeed, each of these two sins is enough evidence of a person's dissoluteness. We have already issued Fatwa 90038 clarifying that a dissolute person according to the scholars is the one who committed a grave major sin and did not repent from it, or that he insists on committing a minor sin.

In fact, the scholars of the Hanbali School of jurisprudence consider the dissoluteness of the husband as a sound reason for the wife to ask for divorce. However, we do not advise you to hasten to ask for divorce; rather, you should advise him and frighten him with the punishment of Allaah as he might sincerely repent and return to Allaah. For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 120659 and 93962.

Allaah Knows best.