I want to know whether a married women should obey each and every comman of Husband whether it migh be lawful or Unlawful.
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I want
to know whether a married women should obey each and every comman of Husband
whether it migh be lawful or Unlawful. In my home town my neighbour used to
torture his wife, and after a couple of years unable to tolearte the torture
she left his house and went to her parents house. Now he is commanding her to come
back home, and she is refusing to come, what should she do?
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Answer:
Obey husband unconditionally
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: I
want to know whether a married women should obey each and every comman of
Husband whether it migh be lawful or Unlawful.
The guidance of Islam Demands that unconditional obedience
is due from the believers only and we reiterate only to Allah Subhanah and His
Messenger (saws) alone.
There is absolutely none other in creation, no parents, no
husband, no king, no ruler, nobody….absolutely nobody who has the right to
demand or be given unconditional obedience!
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3696 Narrated by An-Nawwas ibn Sam'an
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "A
creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the
Creator."
The ‘usool’ or principle in Islam is that no command or
order of any in creation will be followed if its obedience involves the
disobedience of the Creator; regardless of whether that command was made by
one’s parents, or one’s husband, or the king or ruler of the land, etc.
If one’s husband (or anyone in creation) were to order or
command his wife to do (or abstain from doing) something which is against the
Commands and Guidance of Allah and His Messenger (saws); then the wife should
not obey that specific command of her husband…..but in all other matters, she
should fulfill all her lawful duties unto him.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 4 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 (to her husband) and guards in (her husband's) absence what
Allah would have them guard (their chastity, their honor, their husband’s
property, etc.)
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3272 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
When Allah's Messenger (saws) was asked which
woman was best, he (saws) replied, "The one who pleases (her husband) when
he looks at her, obeys him when he gives a (lawful) command, and does not go
against his wishes regarding her person or property by doing anything of which
he disapproves."
Your Question: In my
home town my neighbour used to torture his wife, and after a couple of years
unable to tolearte the torture she left his house and went to her parents
house. Now he is commanding her to come back home, and she is refusing to come,
what should she do?
A wife is well within her rights in Islam to seek a
permanent separation and freedom from her impious and tyrant husband through
divorce; and in such a situation there will be absolutely no blame or sin upon
her.
She may either ask the husband to pronounce a divorce upon
her, and if her husband does not heed to her request, she is well within her
rights in Islam to initiate divorce proceedings against her husband in a
Shariah Court of Law. If the Judge of
the Shariah Court of Law is convinced that the woman is indeed bent on divorce,
he will summon the husband to the Court and ask him to pronounce a divorce unto
his wife. If for any reason the husband
were to refuse, the Judge of the
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
Wister