The Ruling on Likening One’s Wife to Her Mother
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Question:
Salih, the listener, 'Amad al-Sahri or al-Sahri says: What if a man says to his wife, “You are my second mother,” and his intention is to honor her, not to forbid her?
Answer:
It is disliked for a man to liken his wife to any of his female relatives with whom marriage is forbidden; it is disliked for him to compare her to them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Salih, the listener, 'Amad al-Sahri or al-Sahri says: What if a man says to his wife, “You are my second mother,” and his intention is to honor her, not to forbid her?
Answer:
It is disliked for a man to liken his wife to any of his female relatives with whom marriage is forbidden; it is disliked for him to compare her to them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7487 — youtube.com (6:25)
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