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How can a balance be struck between a stubborn husband who feels his dignity is being insulted by his wife's hot-tempered mother, and the wife's desire to maintain her relationship with her mother, especially when the husband is threatening divorce and reducing her visits to her family, and she is seven months pregnant?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The situation must be handled with wisdom and caution to preserve the family, combining the husband's رضا (contentment) with maintaining ties to the mother. The husband's right is greater, and her husband has more authority over her than her parents, and obedience to him is more obligatory. As long as the husband does not prevent his wife from visiting her family, but rather requests that the visits be every two weeks due to the harm they inflict upon him, then the correct approach is not to oppose him in this until the relationship between the two parties improves. The husband should not be angered or entered into a dispute to compel him to love the wife's family. His permission for visits every two weeks is commendable, and the matter should be dealt with gently, wisely, and with leniency.

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