In Laws and Extended Family
119 questions
How can one deal with the mother-in-law's long stay at home during the summer holidays, which causes psychological and physical exhaustion for the housewife, given the brother-in-law's refusal to host her, and the husband's desire to please his mother?
Is it permissible for a widow to rent a house by herself and refuse to live with her in-laws or her family, and is giving her alimony, a portion of which is paid for rent, considered aiding in wrongdoing, and should alimony payments to her and her children be continued or stopped?
Should a wife seek divorce from her husband who abuses her, prevents her from seeing her family, takes her money, and does not provide for her, or should she be patient for the sake of her unborn child?
Does the extended family (aqila) or the brother alone bear a financial penalty of 120,000 Egyptian pounds, resulting from his firing a gun and injuring his opponent, causing a disability in his leg, knowing that this occurred after he attacked his in-laws' home and forcibly took his grandson, and that the brother's daughter (the boy's mother) and his ex-wife (the girl's mother) are married to other men?
Is it a sin to legally pursue the husband's family after they assaulted one with beating and cursing, and is the husband obligated to divorce his wife based on his family's request to reclaim his possessions?
What are the limits of a wife's obedience to her husband concerning visiting family and relatives, especially when there is leniency in mixing with in-laws, and the husband compels his wife to accompany him on these numerous visits, which he considers a religious duty and an act of maintaining kinship ties, while the wife sees them as a violation of Islamic law and customs and traditions?
Is it permissible to obtain a forged nationality from a grandfather to facilitate matters of study, livelihood, and marriage, and to improve financial status, given the difficult circumstances the questioner and his family are facing?
Is the wife considered sinful if she refuses to stay overnight at her in-laws' house due to its uncleanliness and the presence of insects and cats, in order to protect her child, and does this prevent her from honoring her husband's family?
What is the ruling on the behavior of a wife who treats her husband's family with harshness and disrespects them, and what is the ruling on the oath of divorce uttered by the husband because of that?
Is a husband entitled to prevent his wife and children from visiting her family, claiming that they are not suitable for him or for his son, and to be content with telephone communication as a way of maintaining kinship ties?
Did I err in my conduct by asking to postpone a visit from my in-laws? What is my legitimate right, according to Sharia, to preserve my dignity with them? And is it permissible for me to limit my interaction with them?
Am I obliged to seek to complete a marriage that I do not desire in order to be able to wear the hijab? Is going to university considered a necessity for going out, knowing that my not going out will reveal my situation? Is it permissible for me to attend exams wearing clothes that reveal some of my head, neck, and hair? And must I cut my hair to reduce what is revealed?
Is it obligatory for the wife to stay overnight at her in-laws’ house during Eids, given the presence of the husband’s brothers and their wives, in order to please the husband’s mother who requests this from her son? And how can the husband reconcile honoring his mother with his wife’s right to privacy?
Is the condition that the paternal uncle's wife visit her husband's parents' home and spend the night there before she goes to her own family's home considered an injustice to her and an act of disobedience to her husband? And will her supplications against her husband's family be answered if she feels that they are preventing her from visiting her family due to this condition?
What is the ruling on a wife going to Saudi Arabia for Umrah after her husband swore an oath of divorce that she would not go there, and what is the expiation for this oath?
What is the ruling on the actions of a wife who daily quarrels with her husband and demands a portion of the rent belonging to his deceased parents, even though it is insufficient for their needs, justifying this by saying, "It is God who said this, and this is your share, and you must take it," and alienates the husband from his family?
Is it permissible for a wife to stay in her husband's family home, where five of his unmarried brothers also reside, while he is traveling, knowing that her own family's home is nearby but she is only allowed to stay there once a week?
Should a husband be patient with his wife who refuses to commit to religious observance, cares only for worldly matters, refuses to correct her hijab except after completing her studies, and whose family interferes in their lives, or should he separate from her amicably?
What is the religious ruling on someone who had intercourse with his two wives simultaneously, being ignorant of the act's prohibition, and one of the wives disclosed the matter to her family, leading to family problems and their demand for divorce? What should he do?
What is the ruling of Islamic Sharia on the dispute that arose between a father and his in-laws due to his son marrying the girl he chose himself, and not the one his father chose?
Is a wife obligated to obey her parents or her husband when the demands of her family conflict with the commands of Islamic law and his protective jealousy over her, and is obeying one of them considered disobedience to the other?
What is the ruling on a wife leaving the marital home without her husband's permission and filing a lawsuit for alimony while she is living with her family after refusing to help her husband's mother?
Is it permissible to bring one's wife to live in Britain, considering the potential risks of temptation (fitna) and moral deviation, and the husband's responsibility for his wife? Or is it better to divorce her and marry a Muslim girl raised in Britain who is committed to Islam, or to keep the wife in her Muslim country despite the difficulty of that?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on dealing with a sister who mistreats the wife and causes family problems that may lead to divorce, and how can this problem be solved religiously?