Is it permissible to keep a wife who communicates and jests with a non-mahram man under the pretext of trade, while there are suspicions of her infidelity, and fear of the children being lost in case of divorce?

The affairs of Muslims are presumed to be sound, and doubts only increase misgivings. A wife joking with a foreign man is a reprehensible act from which one must repent. Her work in commerce or elsewhere must be governed by Sharia (definition) regulations, and the husband has the right to prevent her from working as long as he is providing for her, unless she stipulated it before the marriage contract. The husband should raise his family in faith and purify their souls, and be a role model for them, as Allah Almighty says: "O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire."