What is the way to advise women regarding the rights of the husband?
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Question:
What is the way to reform a wife who does not acknowledge marital rights and treats her husband like a servant, using foul language, even though she reads the Qur'an, prays, fasts, wears the hijab, and avoids listening to musical instruments? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
These are good qualities in her, and the shortcoming is only in your right. So you must address your right with wisdom, kind words, and a good manner, and give her what pleases her if she claims that you are shortchanging her, until she is pleased with you and treats you in the best way. Because there is good in her, there is religion in her. If you deal with her in the best way, if Allah wills, she will return to the right path and be upright.
So you must... and kind words, forbearance, a good manner, and generosity with money and not being stingy. And be assured of good, if Allah wills.
And if you seek the help of her father or her brother to reform her, there is nothing wrong with that. But if mentioning it to her brother or her father increases her evil, do not mention anything to them, but keep it between you and her. And you must use kind words, forbearance, a good manner, pleasing her with money, warning her of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and informing her that it is obligatory for her to fulfill your right and treat you in the best way. Do what you can of kind words, and if nothing is of any use, all that remains is divorce.
What is the way to reform a wife who does not acknowledge marital rights and treats her husband like a servant, using foul language, even though she reads the Qur'an, prays, fasts, wears the hijab, and avoids listening to musical instruments? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
These are good qualities in her, and the shortcoming is only in your right. So you must address your right with wisdom, kind words, and a good manner, and give her what pleases her if she claims that you are shortchanging her, until she is pleased with you and treats you in the best way. Because there is good in her, there is religion in her. If you deal with her in the best way, if Allah wills, she will return to the right path and be upright.
So you must... and kind words, forbearance, a good manner, and generosity with money and not being stingy. And be assured of good, if Allah wills.
And if you seek the help of her father or her brother to reform her, there is nothing wrong with that. But if mentioning it to her brother or her father increases her evil, do not mention anything to them, but keep it between you and her. And you must use kind words, forbearance, a good manner, pleasing her with money, warning her of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and informing her that it is obligatory for her to fulfill your right and treat you in the best way. Do what you can of kind words, and if nothing is of any use, all that remains is divorce.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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