The ruling on a woman leaving her husband due to his neglect of her rights
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Question:
Also, among the questions of the female questioner, Samah Sabiya, she mentions that she is married and says, as she stated, that she is sixty years old. Many problems have arisen between her and her husband, and she left her husband permanently because this husband does not fulfill the rights owed to her, such as financial maintenance and defense. She asks: Is it permissible for me to have left him for these years because he did not uphold my rights? Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the husband has rights over his wife, and the wife has rights over her husband. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Baqarah 2:228] He, the Exalted, said: [An-Nisa 4:19] Therefore, it is obligatory for the two spouses to treat each other with kindness. If one of the spouses mistreats the other, the one who is mistreated must be patient, fulfill what is required of him, and build up his record of what he owes, while the other bears the burden of his negligence and withholding of the rights he owes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Also, among the questions of the female questioner, Samah Sabiya, she mentions that she is married and says, as she stated, that she is sixty years old. Many problems have arisen between her and her husband, and she left her husband permanently because this husband does not fulfill the rights owed to her, such as financial maintenance and defense. She asks: Is it permissible for me to have left him for these years because he did not uphold my rights? Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the husband has rights over his wife, and the wife has rights over her husband. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And due to the wives is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority].
وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌAnd live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
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