Can husband stay with wife?
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I have a qn to ask :
what if the husband has many brothers to take care of his parents but the wife
has no father, no sister, no brother only mother. Is it permissible for the
husband to stay with his wife at the wife`s place.
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Answer:
Can husband stay with
wife?
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Firstly, just because a man has many brothers to take care of his parents, does not in any way mean that the man is absolved from his obligatory duty to serve his parents; it would be righteousness and a source of earning huge rewards from Allah Subhanah if the man tries to serve his parents to the best of his ability, whether he is near or far!
Your Question: Is it permissible for the husband to stay with his
wife at the wife`s place.
Islam has laid the complete financial responsibility of
food, clothing and shelter, etc. on the husband in a marriage. But there is absolutely nothing in Shariah or
Islamic Law that prohibits a husband living with his wife at his wife’s house;
provided neither the husband forces his wife to this situation, nor the wife
forces the husband to this arrangement!
If husband and wife, both are comfortable with this arrangement of their
own free wills, there is absolutely no harm in living in the wife’s house.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister