Is a husband entitled to prevent his wife from communicating with and visiting her brother, and from allowing him into their home, and from his financial support to her, and from continuing her studies for which her brother pays, despite this brother's continuous financial and moral support since her marriage, and the wife's insistence on receiving her needs from him, and despite the husband's repeated attempts to convince her that she needs him?

The husband's right over his wife takes precedence over the right of her family, and obedience to him is more obligatory. This is based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying, "her husband," when he was asked about who has the greatest right over a woman. It is also based on Ibn Taymiyyah's statement: "When a woman marries, her husband has more authority over her than her parents, and obedience to her husband is more obligatory upon her."

Some scholars are of the view that the husband has the right to prevent anyone he dislikes from entering his house, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "And you have a right over them that they should not allow anyone you dislike to sit on your beds."

However, others are of the view that the husband does not have the right to prevent the wife's parents, children, and relatives from entering. The preponderant opinion is that the husband should not prevent his wife from visiting her family, unless he fears that her family might corrupt her. In such a case, he may prevent her to the extent necessary to remove the corruption.

If the wife's brother is not a source of corruption, the husband does not have the right to order her to cut ties with him, due to the grave sin involved in severing kinship ties. The husband should deal with his wife with wisdom and overlook her shortcomings as long as she is righteous.