The Obligation of a Wife Serving Her Husband and Children
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it obligatory for a wife to serve her husband and children as an individual obligation, or is this a matter of juristic preference?
The Shaykh:
This follows the courts; what is obligatory for a woman follows the court. Yes.
The questioner:
Is this thing empty?
The Shaykh:
The woman nowadays is not occupied except with a job; she goes to her job, she is not looking after her children, nor looking after her husband, nor going to her job. She does not come home until after her husband, and she may not come home until the middle of the night, or she goes out at the end of the night and does not come home until the middle of the night. The situation has changed now. We have started following the path of others from the Western countries. And all its causes are women working outside the home. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it obligatory for a wife to serve her husband and children as an individual obligation, or is this a matter of juristic preference?
The Shaykh:
This follows the courts; what is obligatory for a woman follows the court. Yes.
The questioner:
Is this thing empty?
The Shaykh:
The woman nowadays is not occupied except with a job; she goes to her job, she is not looking after her children, nor looking after her husband, nor going to her job. She does not come home until after her husband, and she may not come home until the middle of the night, or she goes out at the end of the night and does not come home until the middle of the night. The situation has changed now. We have started following the path of others from the Western countries. And all its causes are women working outside the home. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-04-1435هـ — af.org.sa (1:15:29)
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