Preventing a daughter from going to her husband’s home

Question

Question: What can a person be called according to the Sacred Law who, without reason, prevents his daughter from going to her husband’s home?

Answer

Whoever, without a Shari‘a reason, prevents his daughter from going to her husband’s home is a wrongdoer (zalim) and a helper of Satan in bringing about separation between spouses. [ar]عن جابر ﵁ قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: إن إبليس يضع عرشه على المائة، ثم يبعث سراياه يفتنون الناس، فأدناهم منه منزلة أعظمهم فتنة، يجيء أحدهم فيقول: فعلت كذا وكذا، فيقول: ما صنعت شيئًا، قال: ثم يجيء…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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