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What is the ruling on distancing oneself and being brief in the wife’s relationship with her husband’s family, who reject her commitment and verbally and physically abuse her, especially after 10 years of fruitless patience?

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The husband's family should be educated about the religious ruling regarding the obligation of hijab and the impermissibility of unveiling and free mixing, and that this is a ruling from the Lord of the Worlds, in which there is no choice. If they respond positively, then that is good and a blessing. Otherwise, interaction with them can be limited to what maintains kinship and prevents harm, while adhering to hijab and avoiding mixing with non-mahrams, because safeguarding one's religion takes precedence. If mixing leads to the loss or diminution of one's religion, then abandonment and isolation become obligatory.

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