Is it permissible for the wife's family to prevent her from returning to the marital home and to demand specific conditions less than ten days after the marriage?
The Shari'ah has made the husband the maintainer (Qawwam) of his family, and the wife's obedience to her husband takes precedence over her obedience to her parents. If the wife's family took their daughter without her husband's permission, then they have done wrong, and she has also done wrong by going with them. She is considered disobedient (nashiz) and her right to maintenance () is forfeited until she repents and returns to the marital home. Her family does not have the right to impose conditions on the husband. If she refuses to return, the husband is permitted to treat her as a disobedient wife. It is recommended to involve wise people to mediate for reconciliation. If she insists on not returning, the husband is permitted to refuse divorcing her until she ransoms herself from him with money.
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