The Ruling on a Wife Serving Her Husband in Cooking and Household Chores
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We hear a lot today that a wife is not obligated to serve her husband in terms of cooking and washing clothes, so we want you to give the definitive ruling on this issue?
The Shaykh:
Women have changed with me; they are not with their husbands, and you do not oblige them to serve now. They do not sit in the house, and the husband does not come and sit in the house and wait. They do not come until the end of the night. It is as if women have rebelled now. Yes. Is it not the Sunnah that a woman serves her husband? The female Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) served their husbands; they cooked and served the house, and they were the best women of the Ummah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Correct.
The Shaykh:
The daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and may Allah be pleased with her, used to carry water on her neck until the rope left a mark on her neck. She asked the Messenger to have a servant serve her, but he refused to have a servant serve her and ordered her to seek help through dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and istighfar (seeking forgiveness), and she was the daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We hear a lot today that a wife is not obligated to serve her husband in terms of cooking and washing clothes, so we want you to give the definitive ruling on this issue?
The Shaykh:
Women have changed with me; they are not with their husbands, and you do not oblige them to serve now. They do not sit in the house, and the husband does not come and sit in the house and wait. They do not come until the end of the night. It is as if women have rebelled now. Yes. Is it not the Sunnah that a woman serves her husband? The female Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) served their husbands; they cooked and served the house, and they were the best women of the Ummah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Correct.
The Shaykh:
The daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and may Allah be pleased with her, used to carry water on her neck until the rope left a mark on her neck. She asked the Messenger to have a servant serve her, but he refused to have a servant serve her and ordered her to seek help through dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and istighfar (seeking forgiveness), and she was the daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2865] حكم خدمة الزوجة لزوجها في الطبخ والأعمال المنزلية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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