Fatwa #1466020 October 2006Pakistan
my mother and my wife had a fight
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Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah
Brother/Sister in Islam
As a son you have to show respect to your mother. It is Haram and a major sin to show any disrespect to your mother. It is also compulsory to for you to treat wife with justice. She married you and expect you to be just to her. You will have to combine both attributes, obedient son and just husband when addressing the issue. Your wife has been treated unjustly in the following ways
- You knew your wife was ambitious about her career. Why did you marry her if you meant to stop her from pursuing her career? You misled her. The issue of a woman working is another matter.
- You go to work in Karachi and leave her alone with your mother in Hyderabad . It is her right to be with you.
- You got carried away with your mother’s emotion and actually divorced your wife who you claim to love.
- Your mother calls her a prostitute yet your mother knows her as she has been living with your mother.
- Your wifes demand of apology is appropriate. She may forfeit her right as a good gesture and in consideration of the seniority of your mother. do not force her or impose or her to forfeit her right.
- In the circumstances, it is prohibited for you to accede to the request of your mother and divorce your wife. That will be another injustice to her for which both of you, your mother and yourself will pay dearly in the hereafter. Fear Allah and be just to your wife while being respectful to your mother.
And Allah Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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