Is a wife sinful for denying herself to her husband to force him to stop talking to girls over the phone or chat?
It is not permissible for a man to engage in illicit relationships via phone or internet, and his doing so is a sin and an act of disobedience, becoming more reprehensible if he is married. The wife should advise her husband and remind him of Allah. If he responds and repents, then all praise is due to Allah. But if he persists, she has the right to seek divorce. If she chooses to remain with him, she is not permitted to refuse him access to her bed if he calls her, and she must fulfill his right as long as the marital relationship exists, while informing him of her displeasure with his actions and advising him. She may also threaten him with seeking divorce if he does not repent.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/7372
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 7372
- 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