Pleasing the wife
Question
Is it stated in the Quran or Hadith that the husband should also please his wife?
Answer
This comes out from the teaching of the hadeeth.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Questions about this ruling, answered only from the archive with sources.
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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