{"fatawa":{"id":13116,"title":"The husband\u2019s responsibility to educate his wife ","slug":"the-husbands-responsibility-to-educate-his-wife","order":"","question":"<p>If a muslim man has taken a muslim wife, and not fulfilled his obligations set forth by allah and the quran. <br \/> As a result the muslim women leaves the deen, and now doesn't cover and maybe not even practicing islam anymore. <br \/> My question is, what are the consciquences of their actions?<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.        &nbsp;\r\n<p>Allaah says (interpretation of the      meaning):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>&ldquo;O you who believe! Ward off yourselves      and your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over      which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, (from      executing) the Commands they receive from Allaah, but do that which they are      commanded&rdquo;[al-Tahreem 66:6]<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It was narrated from Ibn &lsquo;Umar that the      Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: &ldquo;Each of you      is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The ameer      (ruler) who governs the people is a shepherd and is responsible for his      flock. A man is the shepherd of the members of his household and is      responsible for them. A woman is the shepherd of her husband&rsquo;s house and      children and is responsible for them. A slave is the shepherd of his      master&rsquo;s wealth and is responsible for it. Each of you is a shepherd and      each of you is responsible for his flock.&rdquo; (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7138;      Muslim, 1829)&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>From these two texts it is quite clear that      a man is responsible for his family with regard to teaching them and making      sure that they follow Islam, and he should use forceful measures when      necessary and when that is the only way to serve this purpose. Allaah will      call every shepherd to account for whatever was under his care, so whoever      neglects his wife and children in this regard is undoubtedly taking a great      risk. Indeed, there is a stern warning issued to such people which makes the      flesh crawl. In <em>Saheeh al-Bukhaari<\/em> (7151) and <em>Saheeh Muslim<\/em> (142), in <em>Kitaab al-Imaarah<\/em>, it is narrated that Ma&rsquo;fil ibn Yasaar      al-Muzni (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, &ldquo;I heard the Messenger of      Allaah () peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: &ldquo;There is no      slave to whom Allaah has entrusted the care of people, and he dies      neglecting his flock, but Allaah will forbid Paradise to him.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>So a man&rsquo;s responsibility towards his wife      is great indeed and he must fear Allaah and do the best he can to fulfil it,      whilst always making du&rsquo;aa&rsquo; for himself and his family, that they may be      guided and granted strength.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>As far as the wife is concerned, she is also      accountable and is responsible for her own actions, because the obligations      of sharee&rsquo;ah apply to both men and women, except in cases where Islam      differentiates between them in some rulings, such as when it says that it is      better for a woman to pray in her own home than in the mosque, in order to      protect her from mixing with men. Hence it is narrated in <em>Sunan      al-Tirmidhi<\/em> (113) and elsewhere that the Prophet  (peace and      blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: &ldquo;Women are the twin halves of men&rdquo;.      This was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in <em>Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi<\/em>,      1\/35.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>In the hadeeth quoted above it states      that the woman is also a shepherd and is responsible for her flock. And      Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>&ldquo;Every person is a pledge for that which      he has earned&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>[al-Toor 52:21]&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>&ldquo;And everyone of them will come to Him      alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or protector or      defender)&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>[Maryam 19:95]<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>So responsibility is an individual      matter, and each person will be brought to account on his own. So when a      young man grows up, if he goes astray because of his parents&rsquo; bad upbringing      and the message of Islam reached him, then he will have no excuse, because      Allaah gave him the power of reason and therefore he is accountable, even      though his father will be accountable for falling short in supervising his      child&rsquo;s Islamic upbringing, and he (the father) is even more accountable      with regard to his wife.&nbsp; So the wife must fear her Lord and give thanks to      Allaah for His blessings for having given her the blessing of Islam, unlike      the kuffaar. She should do her duty towards Allaah by doing that which is      obligatory and refraining from forbidden things. She should know that death      may come suddenly and that after death there will be the reckoning and      questioning, and after that there will be either Paradise and eternal      delight that will never end, or Hell with fire that could melt firmly rooted      mountains and huge rocks, so what about our weak bodies? We ask Allaah to      save us from it.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>With regard to you, my dear brother, you      have to repent sincerely. No matter how great one&rsquo;s sin, if a person repents      and meets all the conditions of repentance, Allaah will accept his      repentance. Then start to teach and guide your wife, using a gradual      approach and kindness, accompanied by wisdom, asking Allaah to help you and      give you strength. See also Question No.      <a href=\"http:\/\/islamqa.info\/en\/10680\">10680<\/a> for more information on this      topic.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And Allaah is the Source of strength.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-04-28T20:52:01.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-04-28T20:52:01.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":46,"parent_id":13115,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0648\u062c\u064a\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-04-28"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/13116"}