The Role of the Wife's Mother Toward the Couple
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Question:
A message arrived at the program from Jeddah, sent by a listener who referred to his name by the letters (F. A. F). Our brother wrote on a very large sheet of paper, and his entire message was a bitter complaint about his wife's mother. He concluded his message by asking Your Eminence, the Shaykh, to advise the mothers of wives so that they do not interfere between a husband and his wife, thereby ruining their lives. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We advise the mothers of women, the sisters of women, the aunts of women, and the maternal aunts of women; we advise everyone to fear Allah, to be sincere advisors to their female relatives, and to encourage them to listen to and obey their husbands in what is right. They should be a cause of unity, not a cause of separation. If the husband is the one making the mistake, there is no objection to advising the husband and urging him to fear Allah regarding his wife, to be just with her, and not to wrong her.
The point of the advice is that they should be with the oppressed, not with the oppressor, and that they should direct both the husband and the wife toward good. They should not encourage the husband to do what is false, nor the wife to do what is false. Rather, it is obligatory for them to assist both the husband and the wife in good, and to be sincere advisors to both the husband and the wife, whether the advisor is a mother, a grandmother, a maternal aunt, a paternal aunt, a sister, or someone else. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says in His Noble Book: : [Al-Ma'idah: 2]. And He says, Glorified is He: Indeed, man is in loss, except those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience [Al-Asr: 1-3]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It was asked: For whom, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Sahih Muslim 55a So we advise the mothers of women in particular, and their female relatives in general, to fear Allah, to be a help in good, and to be sincere advisors to everyone. They should not be a help to the woman against her husband in falsehood. Rather, it is obligatory for them to be a help in truth. Yes, may Allah guide them all.
The presenter : O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
A message arrived at the program from Jeddah, sent by a listener who referred to his name by the letters (F. A. F). Our brother wrote on a very large sheet of paper, and his entire message was a bitter complaint about his wife's mother. He concluded his message by asking Your Eminence, the Shaykh, to advise the mothers of wives so that they do not interfere between a husband and his wife, thereby ruining their lives. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We advise the mothers of women, the sisters of women, the aunts of women, and the maternal aunts of women; we advise everyone to fear Allah, to be sincere advisors to their female relatives, and to encourage them to listen to and obey their husbands in what is right. They should be a cause of unity, not a cause of separation. If the husband is the one making the mistake, there is no objection to advising the husband and urging him to fear Allah regarding his wife, to be just with her, and not to wrong her.
The point of the advice is that they should be with the oppressed, not with the oppressor, and that they should direct both the husband and the wife toward good. They should not encourage the husband to do what is false, nor the wife to do what is false. Rather, it is obligatory for them to assist both the husband and the wife in good, and to be sincere advisors to both the husband and the wife, whether the advisor is a mother, a grandmother, a maternal aunt, a paternal aunt, a sister, or someone else. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says in His Noble Book: :
cooperate in righteousness and piety
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىBy Time,
وَالْعَصْرِ Religion is sincere advice, religion is sincere advice, religion is sincere advice
الدين النصيحة، الدين النصيحة، الدين النصيحةTo Allah, to His Book, To His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their masses.
لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهمThe presenter : O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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