What is the specified duration for boycotting a woman in the bed, and boycotting her in speech?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The mother of al-Murabit ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz asks: What is the specified duration for boycotting a woman in the bed, and also boycotting her in speech? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The duration is not fixed; rather, it depends on what achieves the intended purpose. He should boycott her in the manner that achieves the intended purpose of deterring her. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:34] So the treatment of marital defiance is, first, admonition and warning her with Allah the Mighty and Majestic. If that does not benefit her, he should boycott her in the bed by not sleeping with her, or if he sleeps with her, he should place her behind him or do something similar, turning away from her. If the boycott does not benefit, then he strikes her with a non-harmful strike. The boycott depends on what achieves the intended purpose.
May Allah reward you. The mother of al-Murabit ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz asks: What is the specified duration for boycotting a woman in the bed, and also boycotting her in speech? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The duration is not fixed; rather, it depends on what achieves the intended purpose. He should boycott her in the manner that achieves the intended purpose of deterring her. Allah the Exalted said:
But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them
وَاللَّاتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المدة المُحددة لهجر المرأة في الفراش، وهجرها بالكلام؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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