Is there a penalty if a husband mistakenly or jokingly calls his wife “mother”?

assalamalaikum,,i would like to knw wht if a husband call his wife mother by mistake or by joke? is there any penalty for tht? please reply ASAP.Fe aman AllahMuslimah
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Bismillaah-ir-Rahmaan-ir-Raheem.

Wa ‘Alaykumussalam wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh.

If a man calls his wife mother, or says “you are like a mother to me”, the situation will be dependent on his niyyah. If his intention was to honour her then there will be no penalty. (Hidayah)
Therefore addressing one’s wife by mother by mistake or jokingly, will not entail any penalty.

And Allaah knows best.

Wassalam

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A. Z. Pandor

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This answer was collected from MuftiSays.com, based in London (UK). It is one of the fruits of Darul Uloom London. Many ‘ulama are involved in answering the Q&A on the site, including: Shaikul Hadeeth Mufti Umar Farooq Sahib, Mufti Saifur Rahman Sahib, Mufti Abdullah Patel Sahib, Maulana Qamruz Zaman Sahib, Mufti Abu Bakr Karolia Sahib.

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