Is a wife’s statement to her husband, “You are to me like my father’s back,” considered zihar?
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The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Should we answer it or not, because this jumped in and did not enter the topic? The question is written down, but do you want us to answer it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, if a wife says to her husband, “You are to me like my father’s back,” for example, it is not zihar. However, if she enables him to have access to her, it is obligatory for her to pay the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If she cannot find the means to do so, she must fast three consecutive days. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Should we answer it or not, because this jumped in and did not enter the topic? The question is written down, but do you want us to answer it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, if a wife says to her husband, “You are to me like my father’s back,” for example, it is not zihar. However, if she enables him to have access to her, it is obligatory for her to pay the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If she cannot find the means to do so, she must fast three consecutive days. Yes.