Does the wife have the right to demand a separate dwelling during a temporary one-month stay in the husband's home country, knowing that the husband wishes to stay in his parents' house and provides her with two separate rooms with a private bathroom on an upper floor, and that she receives good treatment from his family? What is the ruling on her refusing this request? Is it permissible to compel her to live with him in his parents' house, and what if that leads to her ill-treatment of his parents? To what extent is the wife responsible for helping her husband honor his parents?
An independent dwelling is the wife's right, and she is not obligated to live with her husband's family unless it is in a completely independent section with its own facilities. If the kitchen is shared, she is not obliged to live with them, and she has the right to refuse. The spouses must reach an understanding and agreement because marital life is based on mutual obedience. The husband does not have the right to force his wife to live with his family, and she must respect them. The wife should be a support for her husband in honoring his parents, and she is not permitted to push him towards disobeying them. The husband must give everyone their due right.
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