Preventing the wife from visiting her Christian relatives
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for a husband to prevent his wife from visiting her relatives and being kind to them, when her relatives are Christians from outside this country?
Answer:
No, he must not prevent her from visiting her relatives, even if they are Christians, because this is part of dutifulness. He must not prevent her from being dutiful to her parents.[Luqman 31:15] A disbelieving parent has the right to be treated with dutifulness by his Muslim child. He does not love him, yet he treats him with dutifulness, and he does not love him, but this is by way of recompense for what he provided, raised, and spent. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for a husband to prevent his wife from visiting her relatives and being kind to them, when her relatives are Christians from outside this country?
Answer:
No, he must not prevent her from visiting her relatives, even if they are Christians, because this is part of dutifulness. He must not prevent her from being dutiful to her parents.
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وقد أخبر - صلى لله عليه وسلم - أن طائفة من أمته تستحل الربا باسم البيع — islamhouse.com (1:01:00)
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