Ruling on the distribution of household chores among women and the extent of their responsibility for them
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The questioner: The honorable Shaykh! The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace, the mercy of Allah, and His blessings. I inform you that the greeting is not prescribed in this situation.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Because the Companions would ask the Messenger in their gatherings and would not say: "Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah"; except for a person who arrives and greets, in which case there is no harm. Please, go ahead.
The questioner: There is a division of labor among some women in the house.
The Shaykh: What?The questioner: A division of labor among some women in the house, such that one of the women is responsible for the house, all matters of the house,Among the responsibilities: looking after the children, and on one occasion one of the children went and fell into a pool of water and died. What is required of this woman?
Nothing is required of her, as long as she did not neglect her duty.
The questioner: No, it was against her will.
The Shaykh: Nothing is required of her,Meaning: this boy is the one who killed himself.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And it is customary for children to go in and out of the house, no one holds them constantly, so there is no harm,Meaning: nothing is upon her; but these women are wives or members of the household.
The questioner: Among them are wives, and among them are members of the household.
The Shaykh: No, I mean wives, he must be just between them, he should not leave one with the cooking, the baking, and the washing, while the other has nothing to do but serve dinner or lunch.
The questioner: I mean, is fasting not required of her, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: Huh?The questioner: Is fasting not required of her?The Shaykh: Did you understand my last statement?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: The two wives, he must be just between them.
The questioner: If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: As for the first issue, I told you that there is no fasting in it, and she owes no expiation.
The questioner: Is she fasting three days until now?The Shaykh: If she wishes to break her fast, then nothing is required of her.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Unless she saw the pool in front of her, and left the boy, and went away from him and left him.
The questioner: You have been issuing fatwas all your life,She said: that you issued a fatwa of fasting and she fasted,But I said: No, it appears there is doubt in it, so I am verifying it myself, and I have come to verify it.
The Shaykh: The important thing is that I see nothing is required of her, the responsibility lies with the one who neglected and transgressed, so did the woman see the pool in front of her and leave the child and go?The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: It is finished, she did not neglect her duty.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Just as if, for example, we assume that this child opened the door, and went out to the street, and the car ran over him, the one responsible is the one who ran him over, not the people of the house.
And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
And may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and his family, and all his Companions.
The questioner: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace, the mercy of Allah, and His blessings. I inform you that the greeting is not prescribed in this situation.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Because the Companions would ask the Messenger in their gatherings and would not say: "Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah"; except for a person who arrives and greets, in which case there is no harm. Please, go ahead.
The questioner: There is a division of labor among some women in the house.
The Shaykh: What?The questioner: A division of labor among some women in the house, such that one of the women is responsible for the house, all matters of the house,Among the responsibilities: looking after the children, and on one occasion one of the children went and fell into a pool of water and died. What is required of this woman?
Nothing is required of her, as long as she did not neglect her duty.
The questioner: No, it was against her will.
The Shaykh: Nothing is required of her,Meaning: this boy is the one who killed himself.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And it is customary for children to go in and out of the house, no one holds them constantly, so there is no harm,Meaning: nothing is upon her; but these women are wives or members of the household.
The questioner: Among them are wives, and among them are members of the household.
The Shaykh: No, I mean wives, he must be just between them, he should not leave one with the cooking, the baking, and the washing, while the other has nothing to do but serve dinner or lunch.
The questioner: I mean, is fasting not required of her, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: Huh?The questioner: Is fasting not required of her?The Shaykh: Did you understand my last statement?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: The two wives, he must be just between them.
The questioner: If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: As for the first issue, I told you that there is no fasting in it, and she owes no expiation.
The questioner: Is she fasting three days until now?The Shaykh: If she wishes to break her fast, then nothing is required of her.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Unless she saw the pool in front of her, and left the boy, and went away from him and left him.
The questioner: You have been issuing fatwas all your life,She said: that you issued a fatwa of fasting and she fasted,But I said: No, it appears there is doubt in it, so I am verifying it myself, and I have come to verify it.
The Shaykh: The important thing is that I see nothing is required of her, the responsibility lies with the one who neglected and transgressed, so did the woman see the pool in front of her and leave the child and go?The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: It is finished, she did not neglect her duty.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Just as if, for example, we assume that this child opened the door, and went out to the street, and the car ran over him, the one responsible is the one who ran him over, not the people of the house.
And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
And may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and his family, and all his Companions.