Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 109
109 Surah Al Nisa and after giving its translation, Huzoor exp lained as follows: ‘Allah the Exalted commands you to treat women very well. Do not needlessly harass them for you have wedded them and they have left their families, par ents, brothers and sisters. Fulfil their rights rather than look for excuses not to pay their rights. Do not make allegations against them and if your wife has property do not try to take advantage of it. There are many ways of taking advantage , one of w hich relates to outwardly wealth. Some husbands harass their wives so much that at times wives fall ill and develop mental health problems and then the husbands take advantage of the property. At times husband and wife do not get on and husbands try to mak e the situation such that wives seek خلع khula so that husbands do not have to issue divorce and thus avoid paying haq mehr (dowry ). This is also a way to appropriate financial advantage. They go on to harass the wife for long periods even though حق مہر haq mehr is a woman’s right. Allah the Exalted states this is not justifiable in any way. Some husbands either simply seize the wife’s property or get their hands on it through deception. For example a house is bought with the wife’s money and somehow the wife is convinced to transfer it wholl y or partially in the husband’s name. They be come co - owners and after attaining ownership , the husband starts mistreating his wife. At other times after separation men take part of the house or there are men who stay at home and live off the earnings of th eir wives. It is stated that all these acts of men are wrong.