QUESTION: Should a man obey his parents if they order to divorce his wife for her infertility or dumbness or introvert nature?

Divorce, Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Kind Treatment of Spouses
02 Feb

ANSWER: Of course not unless he is not a real man!

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QUESTION: I live in my fathers home with my wife and intend to move out in the next couple of years. my father wants my wife to inform him before leaving the house, but my wife doesnt like that and says she will inform me only So i politely refused my fathers request. However my father is angry at me. am i sinful for not fulfilling demands of my father

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Kind Treatment of Spouses
30 Nov

ANSWER: Your father has no right, NONE WHATSOEVER on your wife or what she does and where she goes etc as long as she has your consent.

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QUESTION: Me and my wife are living in a joint family with my parents. They are very nice to her but very restrictive. We need their permission for things like going out or visiting my wifes parents etc. We want to live seperately but I cannot tell my parents this because they will get offended. Can I lie to them and tell that i got a job in a different state and would have to move there along with my wife.

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Kind Treatment of Spouses
13 Sep

ANSWER: You must not lie as this is haram in Islam.  Try to get a real job and relocate and this way you won’t need to lie

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QUESTION: My wife isn’t very practicing and often neglects her duties, e.g., she leaves a Qur’an translation I gave her unread while reading other books. When I mention it, she feels attacked. I feel tired and drained. Am I sinful if I stop reminding her in general?

Kind Treatment of Spouses
03 Sep

ANSWER: No you will not be sinful as these things are voluntary and not mandatory such as prayer and hijab.  However try to deal with her with love and in a diplomatic way so that she does not get offended when you remind her.

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QUESTION: We have no home.we plan to sell gold of my wife & my mom to buy a home along with few money from me and dad.My wife is willingly ready to give her mahr for this purpose.Ive not forced her although ive proposed this idea to her & she is 100% willing as home is better then having gold. Am i wrong to take it if she fully agrees to it?

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
20 Aug

ANSWER: You must either write a document stating how much gold she gave which is a debt upon you to her if you were to divorce or die or you write in the deed that she owns 20% for example of the house so that her rights won’t be wasted. 

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QUESTION: My father has no feeling of ghairah towards my mother , he always puts my my mother in every outisde work, he did not want to go out for any work, and he has no problem when my mom talks to non mehram men, this behaviour of him annoys and irritates me , what can i do in this case.

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
25 Jun

ANSWER: Advise her to sit at home so that he can man up and take care of his responsibilities.  She is not obliged to provide for the household as that is his job. You can be the man of the house, work and earn and make your mom sit home and not work. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh I heard from some women’s that if a womens husband touches her feet or give her a foot massage even by his own will and nobody forced him or at any circumstances the women will get sin no matter what. Is this true??

Kind Treatment of Spouses, Other
30 Apr

ANSWER: This is baseless and not true and has nothing to do with Islam! 

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QUESTION: If the husband is an understanding spouse and is okay with the wife not being able to do house chores or occasionally falling short in fulfilling marital obligations due to her disability, such as autism and social anxiety, is the wife considered sinful?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
23 Feb

ANSWER: This is not sinful if the husband is OK with it.

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QUESTION: My husband is asking me to help financially, I’m very busy with household chores, teaching my son as we didn’td enroll him in school yet, I have a baby of 2 years old, and we do hifz, all these things take up lot of time, but still my husband is expecting me to take tuitions and help him in houshold expenditure, please advice what should I do and what salad use to do after migration.

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
22 Jan

ANSWER: He has no right, none whatsoever in asking you to contribute in the expenditure of the house! Allah has given the sole responsibility to the man of maintaining the financial aspects!

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QUESTION: I have repented sincerely for the sin adultery and my husband said he forgave me and we started living peacefully. But sometimes he keeps on bringing up it while I’m trying to forget that incident. Is he sinful for this?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
08 Jan

ANSWER: Yes, he is sinful.

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