The Wife’s Refusal of Her Husband’s Bed When He Neglects Financial Maintenance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: If the husband is neglecting his wife’s rights in terms of financial maintenance and food, and does not give her what is sufficient for her, is it permissible for her to refuse to respond when he calls her to his bed?
Answer:
This is a claim, and we do not know whether it is true or not. If he is indeed neglecting her maintenance, she should ask him for it. If he refuses, she should file a lawsuit against him. We do not advise her to be defiant toward her husband because he withheld it, as this is a claim against him, and we do not know whether it is true or not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: If the husband is neglecting his wife’s rights in terms of financial maintenance and food, and does not give her what is sufficient for her, is it permissible for her to refuse to respond when he calls her to his bed?
Answer:
This is a claim, and we do not know whether it is true or not. If he is indeed neglecting her maintenance, she should ask him for it. If he refuses, she should file a lawsuit against him. We do not advise her to be defiant toward her husband because he withheld it, as this is a claim against him, and we do not know whether it is true or not. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (1:14:29)
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