What is the ruling on a husband who constantly questions his wife about her sexual past, doubting her honor, and takes pleasure in her answers which may force her to lie, knowing that she was raped in her childhood but did not tell him about it? Is he being unjust to her, and how should she deal with him?
A husband's questioning his wife about her past and the forbidden acts she may have committed is not permissible in Islamic law, nor is she obligated to answer him. She must conceal her own faults, and it is permissible for her to lie for the sake of concealment. What the husband does by asking her about such matters is an injustice and a deviation, and she should advise him to rectify this deviation.
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