Is it permissible to criticize the wife's cooking in order to discipline her?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to criticize the wife's cooking in order to discipline her, because she does not respond except with difficulty?
The Shaykh:
I did not understand the question; I did not understand the question. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is saying that the cooking…
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible?
The questioner:
I repeat it.
The Shaykh:
The wife, the wife. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to criticize the wife's cooking in order to discipline her, because she does not respond except with difficulty?
The Shaykh:
Criticizing the food, meaning criticizing?
The questioner:
It is a flaw. All right.
The Shaykh:
He criticizes it.
The questioner:
Criticizing it.
The Shaykh:
Criticizing it? Yes, indeed. No, the food is not to be criticized, my brother. The food is never to be criticized. You leave it. If you want it, take it all; otherwise, leave it. Do not say, "This food is such and such." That is not a flaw in the wife. That is a flaw in the food. You can teach the wife without criticizing the food. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to criticize the wife's cooking in order to discipline her, because she does not respond except with difficulty?
The Shaykh:
I did not understand the question; I did not understand the question. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is saying that the cooking…
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible?
The questioner:
I repeat it.
The Shaykh:
The wife, the wife. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to criticize the wife's cooking in order to discipline her, because she does not respond except with difficulty?
The Shaykh:
Criticizing the food, meaning criticizing?
The questioner:
It is a flaw. All right.
The Shaykh:
He criticizes it.
The questioner:
Criticizing it.
The Shaykh:
Criticizing it? Yes, indeed. No, the food is not to be criticized, my brother. The food is never to be criticized. You leave it. If you want it, take it all; otherwise, leave it. Do not say, "This food is such and such." That is not a flaw in the wife. That is a flaw in the food. You can teach the wife without criticizing the food. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [467 -954] هل تجوز إعابة إعداد الطعام من الزوجة من أجل تأديبها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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