The Obligations of the Spouses in Mutual Treatment

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Question:
And may Allah bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My wife does not fulfill my rights, especially in her treatment of me in the house, and I treat her in the same way. Honorable Shaykh, what is obligatory for her and what is obligatory for me?

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to treat her with kindness. Allah the Exalted said:

And live with them in kindness.

وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ

[An-Nisa 4:19]

And He the Exalted and Majestic said:

Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth.

الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَبِمَا أَنفَقُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ

[An-Nisa 4:34]

So it is obligatory for the husband to treat his wife with kindness by providing her with suitable housing, suitable clothing, sleeping with her, and also providing suitable financial maintenance. And men have a degree of authority over women. So the man has a right over the woman, the right of marriage, and the woman also has a right

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 دَرَجَةٌ

[Al-Baqarah 2:228]

. So the man has a right over his wife, and the woman has a right over her husband, and each of the spouses fulfills what is required of him toward the other. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/046 — archive.org (10:05)

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