What is the ruling on keeping the wife with her husband's mother who harms her if that leads to many problems, and is his presence with his mother an act of dutifulness?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen (may Allah preserve him): A woman lives with her husband and her husband's mother in one house, but the husband's mother harms this wife with words, cursing, insults, and contempt many times. Does this wife have the right to ask for a house for herself and her children, given that this is the husband's mother who lives with her husband and his youngest daughter, and they are able to serve themselves without hardship? Then what is the correct position of the husband regarding his mother's behavior toward his wife? Then is it said that his remaining with his mother in one house despite these problems is an act of dutifulness, or is it not an act of dutifulness? Please guide us, and may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Let him correct the situation, and if that is not possible, I do not see that the wife should remain with her husband's mother in this state, because it is a source of distress for the wife, for the husband's mother, and for the husband himself, and hearts are like glass; if they break, they cannot be mended.
"If the hearts' affection turns away, *** It is like a glass jar whose break cannot be mended"
So this... we say: First: look at who is in the wrong.
Second: correct the wrong if you can.
Third: if you cannot, it is not in the interest for the wife to remain with her husband's mother with these problems.
The Shaykh : Let him correct the situation, and if that is not possible, I do not see that the wife should remain with her husband's mother in this state, because it is a source of distress for the wife, for the husband's mother, and for the husband himself, and hearts are like glass; if they break, they cannot be mended.
"If the hearts' affection turns away, *** It is like a glass jar whose break cannot be mended"
So this... we say: First: look at who is in the wrong.
Second: correct the wrong if you can.
Third: if you cannot, it is not in the interest for the wife to remain with her husband's mother with these problems.
