Is the husband's mother entitled to use the marital home and its contents without their permission, and would the couple's refusal be considered disobedience?
Among the wife's rights is that her husband provide her with an independent dwelling where no one interferes with her privacy. The husband's mother does not have the right to possess the key to the wife's private apartment or to pry into her personal affairs, except with her permission. If the wife does not grant permission and the husband agrees with her, his refusal is not considered disobedience to his mother. The husband should be gentle with his mother. The wife is advised not to object to the husband's mother benefiting from the apartment during her absence if there is no harm to her; this is an act of kindness and maintains kinship for the husband.
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