Who is in the right in this problem: the wife who wishes to live with dignity away from his family, or the husband who refuses to work and forces her to stay in his family's home where they compel her to work in agriculture? Is the wife entitled to stay in her family's home until her husband works? Do his sister and his brother's wife have rights over her? And how can she deal with them?
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It is the wife's right to be provided with accommodation separate from her husband's family, and she has the right to refuse to live with them, even if no harm from them has been proven.
If the husband does not provide separate accommodation and the obligatory maintenance, the wife is not obliged to stay with him or go to his house. The husband must provide maintenance and accommodation, and he must strive to do so.
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