I got married last month. So far now my husband is staying in ***** and the first time in his life he is sharing a apartment with a non- Muslim women who is a single mother of two. Now I am feeling insecure and tensed which is affecting my daily schedule. Its not that I don’t trust my husband. He knows that I don’t like this but still he is living with her and giving me mental torture. Do I have a right to tell him to move to other place? What if he doesn’t listen to me? What kind of haqooq does Islam give to a wife?
Even if you were not his wife you have the right to stop him from talking to a strange woman. But when you are his wife you are more entitled to stop him. It is not permissible for a man to stay in an apartment with a woman whom he can marry or who is a stranger. If he doesn’t listen to you then you should be patient, if you can’t be patient then you should ask for separation.
What we mean by this statement that ‘ even if you were not his wife you have the right to stop him’ is that a Muslim should stop another Muslim from committing wrong. This right has been endowed on the Muslims by the sacred law to enjoin good and forbid evil.
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