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What is the ruling and advice regarding someone who adheres to the Sunnah while abandoning the obligatory duties, such as one who frequently engages in glorification (tasbeeh) and remembrance (adhkar) but infringes upon the rights of others and neglects their duties towards their spouse?

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Worship is connected to morals and fulfilling rights. Whoever wrongs people through their worship will enter Hellfire. Therefore, a wife who curses her husband, insults him, and refuses to share his bed is disobedient, even if she performs many acts of worship. Her defiance may prevent her acts of obedience from being accepted. The husband's right over his wife is great. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, clarified that a woman does not fulfill the right of her Lord until she fulfills the right of her husband, for he is her Paradise and her Hellfire.

Furthermore, despising the husband and preferring lineage over him are blameworthy morals in Islam. Therefore, the wife must fear Allah and fulfill her husband's right. If she sees shortcomings from him, she should pursue her right through legitimate means, without cursing or insulting.

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