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Is a wife religiously entitled to name her children, and what should she do if her husband's family interferes in her life and the naming of her children, leading to her husband disliking her?

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The father has the primary right to name the newborn. If the husband promises his wife to name the newborn, he should fulfill his promise unless the name is religiously forbidden. There is no harm in calling the child by a name other than the one he is known by, as long as it does not lead to a religiously forbidden matter. The husband is not obliged to obey his mother in preventing his wife from doing so. If the husband insists on preventing his wife from calling the child by another name, she must obey him. It is not permissible for the husband to harm his wife; rather, he must keep her with kindness or release her with goodness. It is not the mother's right to interfere in the private affairs of the couple or to disclose household secrets, and she should be advised gently. The wife should be patient and discuss problems with her husband gently, and the husband should honor his mother without infringing upon his wife's rights.

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