The Wife's Role in the Marital Home and Winning the Husband's Satisfaction

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The wife's role in the marital home, Shaykh Salih, in terms of winning the husband's satisfaction, especially in front of the children, so that matters do not become manifest.

Answer:
The Shaykh: The wife must respect the rights of her husband and the rights of her children. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

A woman is the guardian of her husband's house and is responsible for it.

والمرأة راعية في بيت زوجها ومسؤولة عن رعيتها،

Sahih al-Bukhari 893

And Allah has made it obligatory for the wife to obey her husband in what is good, to treat him with good conduct, and not to anger him or disobey him, except in what Allah the Exalted does not approve of. Indeed, the husband's right over the wife is a great right, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

If I were to order anyone to prostrate to anyone, then I would order the wife to prostrate to her husband.

لو كنت آمرا أحدا أن يسجد لأحد لأمرت الزوجة أن تسجد لزوجها

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1159Hasan (Darussalam)

regarding the greatness of his right over her. And Allah the Exalted says:

But the men have a degree over them

وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ

[Al-Baqarah 2:228]

And He the Exalted says:

Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth.

الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَبِمَا أَنفَقُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ

[An-Nisa 4:34]

Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4042- تقول: إن أباها يؤذي أمها ويشتمها، ويؤذي أولاده، وهو بخيل عليهم، فما التوجيه والحال ما ذكر؟ — youtube.com (5:25)

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