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Question: husband callin wife mum
assalamalaikum,,i would like to knw wht if a husband call his wife mother by mistake or by joke? is there any penalty for tht? please reply ASAP.Fe aman AllahMuslimah
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 09 (Zambia)
Date: 25/05/2007 12:02pm

Bismillaah-ir-Rahmaan-ir-Raheem.

Wa 'Alaykumussalam wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh.

If a man calls his wife mother, or says "you are like a mother to me", the situation will be dependent on his niyyah. If his intention was to honour her then there will be no penalty. (Hidayah)
Therefore addressing one's wife by mother by mistake or jokingly, will not entail any penalty.

And Allaah knows best.

Wassalam


A. Z. Pandor
 
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