Is it permissible for a woman to refrain from visiting her husband's relatives if harm results from visiting them?
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Question:
This woman says that she lives on the upper floor with her husband's family, and when she goes down to her mother, she encounters problems with her in-laws that affect her life with her husband. She says that if she cuts off ties between them and this mother, but she says her children visit them.
Answer:
If visiting them leads to harm, as she says, then she does not go down; she does not go down frequently, but only occasionally. Also, praise be to Allah, she has a mobile phone and a telephone, so she speaks with her and, so to speak, consoles her heart with kind words through the telephone, and the intended purpose is achieved, praise be to Allah. Yes.
This woman says that she lives on the upper floor with her husband's family, and when she goes down to her mother, she encounters problems with her in-laws that affect her life with her husband. She says that if she cuts off ties between them and this mother, but she says her children visit them.
Answer:
If visiting them leads to harm, as she says, then she does not go down; she does not go down frequently, but only occasionally. Also, praise be to Allah, she has a mobile phone and a telephone, so she speaks with her and, so to speak, consoles her heart with kind words through the telephone, and the intended purpose is achieved, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1648 - هل يجوز للمرأة ترك زيارة أهل زوجها إن ترتب على زيارتهم ضرر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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