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Is it obligatory for the husband to fulfill all of his wife's requests, and what is the criterion for this?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. This is a question that has been asked many times. The questioner says: If a man loves his wife and fulfills her requests, does that make him a slave to her in a sinful way? Some people misunderstood yesterday's lesson, so he forbade his wife what he had promised her, and a disagreement, quarrel, and boycott occurred between them.

Answer:
What was yesterday's lesson? And what happened in yesterday's lesson? The woman has a right upon her husband to provide for her. As for requests that exceed the maintenance, he has the choice: if he wishes, he provides them, and if he wishes, he leaves them. What is obligatory is the maintenance: the amount of maintenance, clothing, housing, and lodging. This is what is obligatory upon him. What exceeds that is voluntary. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2543- 4717] هل يجب على الزوج تلبية جميع طلبات الزوجة وما ضابط ذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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