Sunday | 28 April 2024 | 19 Shawaal 1445

Fatwa Answer

Question ID: 1669 Category: Rights
Wife's cursing and use of foul language

Salam o Alaikum,

I have been married for 20 years and regularly face the following three challenges.

1. My wife curses my family and me on a regular basis. She has made a habit of cursing for something that may have happened many years back, and when I try to stop her, she gives the excuse that she is right and can do so as she is the victum. So an issue that happened 15 years back and on which we have argued 100 times still comes up.  - I think she does it to keep me pressured and her inlaws away from my house. She also gets agressive when I reply back and try to stop her.

2. She spit out all the curses and foul language in front of the kids. When I ask her to speak privately, she refuses and provides a rationale that my kids should be aware of the issues.

3. On regular basis, she has mentioned that she dosent want to live with me and got stuck. She has directly mentioned leaving me (in front of kids). 

In light of Islamic practices, please advise what I should do in this situation.

Jazakallah khair

بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم

الجواب و باللہ التوفیق:

Marriage is an important and delicate relationship, once this relationship is established, it is very easy to break, but it is very difficult to maintain it. The evils within our soul and those of the Satan leave no stone unturned to break this blessed relationship. 

The real test and trial are in keeping this relationship intact. And this is indeed the moment of showing one’s good conduct. Therefore, if things happen unpleasantly in married life, it does not mean that the married couple should become entangled in those. Rather, they should end their grudges, fights and quarrels and be kind to each other and have good moralistic and ethical behaviors, and each should exercise patience and tolerance. Only then the married life evolves its real fruits, becomes a source of happiness in this world and the hereafter. 

Spouses should treat each with trust, dignity, and respect. The husbands are especially commanded to treat their wives well. And he (SAW) said that: “the best of you is the one who has good morals”. And for women, he (SAW) said that: “the best woman is the one who prays five times a day, fasts in the month of Ramadan, safeguards her chastity, and obeys her husband in lawful matters. It will be said about such a woman on the Day of Resurrection that she can enter Paradise through any door she wants”. 

In another Prophetic tradition, it is said that: “when the husband comes home, she should give him a smile, protect his property and his honor in his absence”. 

Therefore, live a life by being forgiving and considerate of each other's moods. Avoid bringing up repeatedly the faults and mistakes especially those which have already been talked about and were forgiven and settled. That is considered an immoral behavior. 

Another Blessed Hadith mentions that: “whoever blames someone for his past sins, he will not die until he has committed that same sin himself. 

Cursing others is not permissible in Islam at all. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) explained that: “one of the reasons why women often go to hell is that they often curse and are ungrateful to their husbands”. 

To ensure their successful education and proper upbringing, it is imperative that such matters of conflict are carefully shielded from their children. It will be the parents who will bear those consequences later, hence try to control emotions of displeasure and rage.  

If it is difficult to pull along despite the sincere efforts, Shariah has laid out precise rules to deal in those situations, whereby the spouses can end their marriage in a good and respectable manner. And for that it is suggested that they both approach the Shariah Board of America directly for counseling and to resolve this issue

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