What is the jurisprudential opinion on a marital issue that arose due to the intervention of the wife's family in the couple's life, and the husband's refusal of the wife's family's conditions for her return, along with his desire to preserve his family and avoid future problems, in the presence of a daughter?
A husband should treat his wife's family well and help her uphold filial piety towards her parents and maintain ties of kinship. However, the wife's family should not interfere in her marital life and corrupt the relationship between the spouses, for "whoever corrupts a woman against her husband is not of us." The husband must protect his wife and children from corruption and prevent anything that harms their religion. He may prevent his wife from visiting her family or prevent her family from visiting her if he is certain that there is harm in it. However, a balance must be struck between preventing the wife from harm and her showing filial piety to her parents and maintaining ties of kinship, while making it clear to the wife that obedience to her husband is more obligatory upon her than obedience to her parents, and that it is not permissible for her to obey them in anything that involves disobedience [to Allah] or transgression of the husband's right. Abusing the wife's family and anger that leads to violating Islamic law should be avoided. Divorce is not advisable when there is a child present. Instead, mediation between the husband and the wife's family is recommended to return the wife to her home without conditions that violate Islamic law.
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