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.
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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