What is the religious view regarding a husband who neglects his wife and children, mistreats his wife, and threatens to marry another, while accusing his wife of injustice and neglect? Is the wife an oppressor or oppressed? And will she be held accountable if she falls short with him due to his ill-treatment?

It is obligatory for both spouses to treat each other kindly. The husband must provide for his wife and child according to what is customary, protect his wife's chastity, and be a good companion to her. If the husband does not provide adequately, abandons and beats without right, does not protect her chastity, and humiliates her, then he is an oppressor. The wife has the right to demand kind treatment, and if he does not respond, an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from her family can intervene to reconcile them. If that fails, she may refer the matter to the judiciary and request a divorce or khul'.