they do not want to let her visit to her parent house for the period that I agreed. Is it permissible for them to control her?

· 26 Jumada II 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 6545English

Question

I'm working in abroad and my wife stay with my parents in my mother country. I grant my wife to visit every month for some number of days to her parants house to stay. But my parants feel if she go there she does not respect them and if she come back she is respect them. And they do not want to let her visit to her parant house for the period that I agreed. Is it permissible for them to control her? If my parants ask me to decrease the no. of days, Can I take my own decision or I've to obey my parents?

Answer

She is doing you a great favour by living with her parents-in-law. She has no obligation to live with them. They have no right to restrict her if you have allowed her to visit her parents.

We suggest you appreciate her sacrifice of living with them and abstain from restricting her or decreasing her stay at her parent's home.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Muhammad Kadwa
FATWA DEPT.

CHECKED AND APPROVED: Mufti Ebrahim Desai

Answered by
Mufti Muhammad Kadwa
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