I swore to my wife with a divorce oath that if she attended her sister's wedding, then after her father begged me, I allowed her to go. What is the ruling on my action?
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The questioner : I once swore in the Kingdom to my wife with a divorce oath that if she went and attended her sister's wedding or celebration, then afterwards my uncle, who is also my wife's father, called me on the phone a day before the celebration and begged me to tell my wife to go to her sister's celebration. And I actually told her: "Go." So what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding this? May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh : This question was answered earlier in this session, and we clarified that whoever is swearing an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent.
Then I say to this brother who swore to his wife that she should not go to this occasion: It is not befitting for you to restrict your wife in a matter that causes her no harm and from which no fitnah (trial or discord) is feared. Rather, what is befitting is that you treat her with kindness. There is no doubt that a woman in such occasions goes to those with whom the occasion is taking place, and people see that preventing her from this is an injustice and a wrong against her. So what I advise this questioner and others is to consider women in their minds and circumstances, and not to prevent them from such matters, may Allah reward you, except if there is in that...
The Shaykh : This question was answered earlier in this session, and we clarified that whoever is swearing an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent.
Then I say to this brother who swore to his wife that she should not go to this occasion: It is not befitting for you to restrict your wife in a matter that causes her no harm and from which no fitnah (trial or discord) is feared. Rather, what is befitting is that you treat her with kindness. There is no doubt that a woman in such occasions goes to those with whom the occasion is taking place, and people see that preventing her from this is an injustice and a wrong against her. So what I advise this questioner and others is to consider women in their minds and circumstances, and not to prevent them from such matters, may Allah reward you, except if there is in that...
