The ruling on a husband who does not treat his wife with kindness
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
With Allah’s blessing, we begin this episode with this question that came from one of the brothers, who used the code name Badr from Tabuk. He asks: What is the ruling on a husband who does not treat his wife with kindness?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[An-Nisa 4:19] Allah has commanded husbands to treat their wives with kindness. Even if he dislikes something in her, he is pleased with many things in her, as he said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3240 the other trait. And this one who does not treat his wife with kindness, he is a sinner against Allah, Mighty and Majestic, because of His saying, “And live with them in kindness.” So he must repent to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and treat his wife with kindness, because she has a right over him. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [Al-Baqarah 2:228] The woman has a right over her husband, and among her rights is that he treats her with kindness. Just as he asks her to treat him with kindness, so it is obligatory for him to treat her with kindness. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
With Allah’s blessing, we begin this episode with this question that came from one of the brothers, who used the code name Badr from Tabuk. He asks: What is the ruling on a husband who does not treat his wife with kindness?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And 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 كَثِيرًاGod’s Messenger as saying, “A believer must not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her
صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يفرك مؤمن مؤمنة، كره منها خلقا رضي منهاAnd 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 دَرَجَةٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/224 — archive.org (1:01)
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