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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on a woman who refuses her husband’s order to cover herself in front of her maternal or paternal cousins?

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Question : The questioner says: If a wife is ordered to stop uncovering herself in front of her maternal or paternal cousins, but she does not comply, claiming that she cannot do so because she lived with them from childhood in the same house until they grew up,

Answer : We say to this husband: You are now the master of your wife, and she is in your position like a captive, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Fear Allaah regarding womenاتقوا الله في النساء
Sunan Abi Dawud 1905Sahih (Al-Albani)
They are captives in your possession, meaning the plural of a captive woman, who is a prisoner. Accordingly, you have the right to prevent her from visiting them if she does not visit them except by committing this sin, because a woman uncovering her face in front of her maternal or paternal cousin, if there is no breastfeeding relationship that makes them mahram, is among the forbidden things. It is obligatory for you to prevent her from that. If she does not comply with your order, you have the right to prevent her from visiting them, because she is under your control,
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[24 من 41] ما حكم المرأة تمتنع عن أمر زوجها بالتستر أمام أولاد عمها؟! ابن عثيمين - كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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