How should a wife behave with her husband who watches forbidden things and does not lower his gaze from female presenters, and when he is aroused by them, he asks her to bed? Is she allowed to refuse his request in this case?
The husband must fear Allah and lower his gaze from foreign women, even if they are on a television screen, for Allah Almighty says: (Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their private parts). He must avert his gaze from a sudden glance and not follow one glance with another.
The wife should advise her husband and explain to him the unlawfulness of his action, and that sins engrave a black spot on the heart.
As for the wife, she must fulfill her husband's right and not refuse him due to his disobedience, for her refusal exposes her to Allah's punishment and wrath, as narrated by Bukhari and Muslim: (If a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses, and he spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning). Her responding to him minimizes evil and prevents alienation and discord.
If it is possible to remove the television entirely from the house to cut off its evil and corruption, that would be good.
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