What is the legal ruling regarding a husband who: 1. pressures his wife and reveals her secrets? 2. does not prevent his family from interfering in his wife’s life, insulting her, and tarnishing her reputation? 3. falsely accuses his wife and accepts his family’s false accusations against her? 4. has anal intercourse with his wife while she is asleep without her consent? 5. exploits his wife’s mother’s illness to pressure her? 6. abandons his wife, leaves her with her family, and insists on divorcing her, knowing that his wife has been patient with him, helped him financially, kept his secrets, and did not do anything that would necessitate divorce? And will the husband and his family be punished in this world and the hereafter? And what is the wife’s sin in all of this?
It is forbidden for the husband to disclose his wife's secrets to anyone, especially secrets of the marital bed, because it is a betrayal of trust and can reach the level of major sins. The wife must accept the husband's repentance if he repents from anal intercourse. It is also forbidden for the husband's family to corrupt the wife against her husband (takhbib), as this is also a major sin.
A mother demanding her son divorce his wife is an abomination, and she must preserve her son's family. Furthermore, falsely accusing the wife or insulting and beating her is an act of injustice and aggression.
Failing to return a greeting of peace is a sin and a transgression against Allah's command. One should be patient and forgive wrongdoers, for indeed, in patience there is relief.
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