Does Allah the Exalted hold the Mothers of the Believers accountable for the jealousy they experience?
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The student: Does Allah hold the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) accountable for the jealousy they experience?
The Shaykh : This is if the jealousy is such that a woman cannot control herself in it; then she is not blamed for it. In fact, some scholars said that in the chapter of false accusation of adultery (qadhf), if a person accuses someone out of jealousy, he is not subject to the fixed punishment (hadd), because jealousy, as I said, takes hold of a person and he cannot control it, just like anger, and even more so. That is, some jealous women experience something like madness, and they may exaggerate matters, may Allah protect us from that. They might fall from a roof or injure themselves, or something similar. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was said to have done something like this: she put her foot into a hole, perhaps to be bitten, so that it would end. Yes, the story, if Allah wills, you may encounter it and verify it. The story of Aisha, because the matter... the important thing is that a woman cannot control herself in jealousy.
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : Their marriage? No, no, their marriage.
The Shaykh : This is if the jealousy is such that a woman cannot control herself in it; then she is not blamed for it. In fact, some scholars said that in the chapter of false accusation of adultery (qadhf), if a person accuses someone out of jealousy, he is not subject to the fixed punishment (hadd), because jealousy, as I said, takes hold of a person and he cannot control it, just like anger, and even more so. That is, some jealous women experience something like madness, and they may exaggerate matters, may Allah protect us from that. They might fall from a roof or injure themselves, or something similar. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was said to have done something like this: she put her foot into a hole, perhaps to be bitten, so that it would end. Yes, the story, if Allah wills, you may encounter it and verify it. The story of Aisha, because the matter... the important thing is that a woman cannot control herself in jealousy.
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : Their marriage? No, no, their marriage.