Fatwa

Protection of the wife

Question

I know it’s quite a silly question to ask but the main reasons scholars give about men bring the qawwam of women is that they are physically stronger and providers.

Q. If the mahram woman of the man is in danger like someone broke into the house or someone like mother, father, husband (in laws) abuses  her. Is it his responsibility to protect her. Like physically protect her.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is the duty of the husband to protect the women under him. It is also the duty of a woman’s mahrams such as her father, brother, and son to protect her from any and all abuse, no matter where or who it comes from. It is the responsibility of the male to protect the female even if it is at the expense of his own physical self. That is why it is men who go to war, not women.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Bilal Pandor

Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia

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