Advice for the wife who is angered by her husband’s extreme silence

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner, S-K-A from Yemen, says: A married woman with four children, and her husband is a man of good character, praise be to Allah, and religious. He fulfills all the marital rights of this woman, and she does the same. However, O Shaykh, he is distinguished by extreme silence, and not only with his wife, but with his entire family. When the wife speaks to him about a matter, he ends the conversation quickly with one or two words, or ends the conversation quickly in one or two words. So she is angered by this extremity that this husband constantly practices. So what...

Answer:
...is the benefit of this patience with this husband, as long as he is upright in obedience to Allah and His decree? As for the rights of the wife and the rights of the children, he is at the utmost in accepting them, so she should be patient with this. However, we advise the husband also to converse properly with his family, with his children, and with his wife; because this is part of treating one’s spouse with kindness, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: “And live with them in kindness.”