How should a wife deal with the interventions of her husband's family in her private affairs, and is responding to them considered bad manners? What is the ruling on her disclosing some of her problems to them? Is her husband entitled to prevent her from speaking about his family's treatment of her? How can she deal with her husband and his family in a way that pleases Allah and preserves her rights? Is it permissible for her to refuse to live near them to avoid problems?

Problems between a wife and her husband's family fall into three main categories: they may be due to the bad nature of the husband's family, or their jealousy of their son's attention to his wife, or the wife's shortcomings in her home or with her husband and children. The wife must obey her husband if he orders her not to inform anyone about what transpires between her and his family, because excessive complaining can escalate problems. To resolve the issue, the wife should ignore provocations, rectify any shortcomings on her part, try to endear herself to her husband's family with gifts and good treatment, and not inform anyone about what happens with her husband's family. She can seek assistance through prayer and request to move to an independent residence if that would resolve the problem.