Why do angels curse a wife if she refuses her husband, but do not curse the husband in a similar manner?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The wife who refuses her husband's intimacy, causing him to spend the night angry with her, is cursed by the angels. The severity of this warning to women is due to the man's greater need for intercourse and his lesser patience for its absence compared to a woman. If the husband refrains from intimacy with his wife without a valid excuse, he is sinful, and in that case, the wife has the right to seek divorce due to harm.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/193623
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 193623
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy