Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

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assalaamualykum.
i want to ask that can a wife has permission according to shariah to touch the husbands feet during festivals or accassionsa? 

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Answer:

Touch Husband feet

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.

Dear and Beloved Sister in Islam, touching another’s feet out of reverence or respect is a pagan Hindu rite; thus this and all such pagan rites and rituals are absolutely forbidden in Islam.

Allah is our witness, there is no better example of a wife’s love, adoration, reverence, and respect for her husband than the noble and chaste wives of the Messenger of Allah (saws); but never ever did they touch his feet as a sign of their respect!

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 34 Surah Nisaa verse 34:

34 Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has given the one more than the other and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard (their modesty, their chastity, their honor, the property of their husband, etc).

The righteous way for a believing and pious wife to respect and honor her husband is not by touching his feet, but rather by being devoutly obedient to all the legal wishes of her husband, and guarding her modesty, her chastity, the honor of the family, property, etc. in the absence of her husband.

If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of being led astray.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan