How does a woman balance her decision in her home with maintaining family ties?
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Question:
The Islamic religion has enjoined maintaining family ties. How can a woman reconcile Allah’s saying: [Al-Ahzab: 33], with visiting her relatives and kin, especially if she has many brothers, sisters, and relatives, which requires her to go out three to four times a week?
Answer:
Visiting is not a condition for maintaining ties. If she connects with them through speech, by telephone, by correspondence, or by sending their needs such as financial support and assistance, the objective is achieved. It is not necessary for her to go out every hour to her companions and relatives. Maintaining ties can be done by sending money to them, by correspondence, or by telephone. All of this, and also through sending greetings; she instructs so-and-so and so-and-so to convey her greetings to her female relatives and kin.
The husband has the choice. If he wishes, he permits her, and if he wishes, he prevents her. If he wishes, he permits her to go to them and visit, and if he wishes, he prevents her, according to what he sees as being in the interest. If the visits are at spaced-out times, with hijab, with modesty, and with righteousness, then he may allow her at appropriate times to visit her sister, her maternal aunt, her paternal aunt, her mother, and so on.
As for if they are corrupt and there is no good in them, then not permitting her is better. If they are... aunts, or wicked, deviant sisters, then there is no need for that. If she wants to maintain ties with them through money because of their poverty, she can maintain ties with them without needing to go to them, because of their corruption and deviation.
The intended meaning : He should look at what is most beneficial. If he sees that visiting her relatives or her companions has religious benefits, and she is committed and righteous at times he determines, then this is a matter of assisting in good. And if visiting her relatives might corrupt her, and might harm her religion and her morals, he prevents her. He looks at what is most beneficial.
The Islamic religion has enjoined maintaining family ties. How can a woman reconcile Allah’s saying:
And abide in your houses
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّAnswer:
Visiting is not a condition for maintaining ties. If she connects with them through speech, by telephone, by correspondence, or by sending their needs such as financial support and assistance, the objective is achieved. It is not necessary for her to go out every hour to her companions and relatives. Maintaining ties can be done by sending money to them, by correspondence, or by telephone. All of this, and also through sending greetings; she instructs so-and-so and so-and-so to convey her greetings to her female relatives and kin.
The husband has the choice. If he wishes, he permits her, and if he wishes, he prevents her. If he wishes, he permits her to go to them and visit, and if he wishes, he prevents her, according to what he sees as being in the interest. If the visits are at spaced-out times, with hijab, with modesty, and with righteousness, then he may allow her at appropriate times to visit her sister, her maternal aunt, her paternal aunt, her mother, and so on.
As for if they are corrupt and there is no good in them, then not permitting her is better. If they are... aunts, or wicked, deviant sisters, then there is no need for that. If she wants to maintain ties with them through money because of their poverty, she can maintain ties with them without needing to go to them, because of their corruption and deviation.
The intended meaning : He should look at what is most beneficial. If he sees that visiting her relatives or her companions has religious benefits, and she is committed and righteous at times he determines, then this is a matter of assisting in good. And if visiting her relatives might corrupt her, and might harm her religion and her morals, he prevents her. He looks at what is most beneficial.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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