Question:
Assalamualaikum Respected Mufti and Ulama Haqq
May ALLAH reward you immensely for your efforts and give you steadfastness in serving Deen through all modes of communication.
I have question with regard to addressing ones wife as a mother mistakenly. In particular does the Nikah become invalid if husband mentions about such and such features of his wife e.g. wife character being like that of husbands mother.
I have heard in the past that if one calls his wife as mother then this has implications on the Nikah?. Can you please clarify
Jazakallah Khair
Answer:
By uttering such statements ones Nikah does not become invalid but it is Makrooh (odious) to utter such statements.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
19 July 2005
12 Jumaadul Ukhraa 1426
This Q&A was indexed in 2012 from the website of Jameah Mahmoodiyah, South Africa. The original website no longer exists.