The Difference Between Providing a Residence and Spending the Night with Wives
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between providing a residence and spending the night with wives?
The Shaykh:
What is the difference?
The questioner:
Between providing a residence and spending the night. In the case of wives.
The Shaykh:
He provides her with a residence, but he does not come to spend the night with her. Is this required of her? Is it required of him to provide her with a residence? Does it require that he spend the night with her? Spending the night is one thing, and providing a residence is another. Yes, he may provide her with a residence and not come to spend the night with her. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between providing a residence and spending the night with wives?
The Shaykh:
What is the difference?
The questioner:
Between providing a residence and spending the night. In the case of wives.
The Shaykh:
He provides her with a residence, but he does not come to spend the night with her. Is this required of her? Is it required of him to provide her with a residence? Does it require that he spend the night with her? Spending the night is one thing, and providing a residence is another. Yes, he may provide her with a residence and not come to spend the night with her. Yes.
Source
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