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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a wife who does not obey her husband in what is right

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Question:
The listener: (A. N. 'A.) sent a question saying: I am a married young man, and I have three sons, praise be to Allah. I proposed the Shari'ah hijab to my wife and asked her not to shake hands with non-mahram men, but she has not responded to this yet. So how should you guide us? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
We advise her to respond to you. She must observe hijab from men, she must not shake hands with non-mahram men, and she should fear Allah, for this is one of the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ
[Al-Ahzab: 53], the verse from Surat al-Ahzab.
And He the Exalted says:
except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sonsوَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ
[Al-Nur: 31] to the end of it. The face, hair, hand, and foot are all part of the adornment. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
But I do not shake hands with women.إني لا أصافح النساء
Sunan Ibn Majah 2874Sahih (Darussalam)
And Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
By Allah, the hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never touched the hand of a woman. He only pledged allegiance with them through speech.والله ما مست يد رسول الله ﷺ يد امرأة قط، ما كان يبايعهن إلا بالكلام
(peace and blessings be upon him). And when a woman extended her hand to him on the day of the pledge of allegiance, he said:
But I do not shake hands with women.إني لا أصافح النساء
Sunan Ibn Majah 2874Sahih (Darussalam)
(peace and blessings be upon him).
The point is: the woman must listen and obey the commands of Allah and His Messenger. She must respond to her husband and listen to him in obedience to Allah. Yes.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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