Preferring the brother's wife over the son's wife
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: He says: My brother and I live with our mother (may Allah preserve her), but our mother always prefers my brother's wife over my wife, and she treats my wife badly. I do not want to pressure my wife about this because of my mother and her dutifulness to her. What is the advice in this matter, may Allah grant you success?
Answer:
Yes, the mother has a right, and the wife has a right, so give every one who has a right his due. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: He says: My brother and I live with our mother (may Allah preserve her), but our mother always prefers my brother's wife over my wife, and she treats my wife badly. I do not want to pressure my wife about this because of my mother and her dutifulness to her. What is the advice in this matter, may Allah grant you success?
Answer:
Yes, the mother has a right, and the wife has a right, so give every one who has a right his due. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نهي المسافر أن يطرق أهله بقدومه ليلا — islamhouse.com (53:35)
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