How should a wife act if her husband's brothers harm her while he is absent?
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The questioner : A husband was living in his wife's country. He angered his wife; his wife got angry, yes. A husband was living in his wife's country, and one day he angered his wife, meaning he made his wife angry, so she went to her father's house.
The Shaykh : To the house.
The questioner : She got angry and went to her father's house. Her father. Yes. So he wanted to reconcile with her by saying he would take her to his country, where he and she would live. So he agreed to that. Meaning, her people and her people, and she agreed to that. So she went with him to his country, and the husband's sisters harmed her. So what is the ruling in that?
The Shaykh : Define your question. What is the ruling? I will tell you: it is not permissible for them to harm her.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : What is his question?
The questioner : What should her position be, meaning? Yes.
The Shaykh : Her position.
The questioner : Or is the action they took correct in Islam?
The Shaykh : Meaning, she is living in her husband's house, and his brothers are living with them, and they are harming her?
The questioner : No, she is living in her house, and his sisters come to her house and harm her, in the absence of her husband in the home; he is at work, meaning.
The Shaykh : Meaning, they come and enter the house, and her husband is not present. Yes. Okay, who opens the house?
The questioner : She is the one who opens the house.
The Shaykh : Why did she leave it open?
The questioner : Or her small children. Meaning, by order.
The Shaykh : This is a problem. I will now tell you: close the door. Is this not the solution?
The questioner : Yes, this is the correct solution, meaning.
The Shaykh : This is more correct than correct.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Meaning, suppose she is living in a tent, okay, yes, it has no door, and her husband's sisters come and harm her. What do you think the solution is? The solution is that she complains about her situation to her husband, yes, and the husband then arranges the matter of his sisters, yes, either by expelling them in the best way or driving them away in the worst way, if he can find a way to do so. And if he has neither this nor that, he refers the matter to the ruler. And today, if the rulers are unjust, what is the solution? The solution is to close the door and that is all.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : To the house.
The questioner : She got angry and went to her father's house. Her father. Yes. So he wanted to reconcile with her by saying he would take her to his country, where he and she would live. So he agreed to that. Meaning, her people and her people, and she agreed to that. So she went with him to his country, and the husband's sisters harmed her. So what is the ruling in that?
The Shaykh : Define your question. What is the ruling? I will tell you: it is not permissible for them to harm her.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : What is his question?
The questioner : What should her position be, meaning? Yes.
The Shaykh : Her position.
The questioner : Or is the action they took correct in Islam?
The Shaykh : Meaning, she is living in her husband's house, and his brothers are living with them, and they are harming her?
The questioner : No, she is living in her house, and his sisters come to her house and harm her, in the absence of her husband in the home; he is at work, meaning.
The Shaykh : Meaning, they come and enter the house, and her husband is not present. Yes. Okay, who opens the house?
The questioner : She is the one who opens the house.
The Shaykh : Why did she leave it open?
The questioner : Or her small children. Meaning, by order.
The Shaykh : This is a problem. I will now tell you: close the door. Is this not the solution?
The questioner : Yes, this is the correct solution, meaning.
The Shaykh : This is more correct than correct.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Meaning, suppose she is living in a tent, okay, yes, it has no door, and her husband's sisters come and harm her. What do you think the solution is? The solution is that she complains about her situation to her husband, yes, and the husband then arranges the matter of his sisters, yes, either by expelling them in the best way or driving them away in the worst way, if he can find a way to do so. And if he has neither this nor that, he refers the matter to the ruler. And today, if the rulers are unjust, what is the solution? The solution is to close the door and that is all.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 967 — d3watuna.com (45:59)
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