Heavenly Jewels

home. This is on condition though that the relatives of the husband are not troublesome to her . (Alamghiri, Raddul-Muhtaar) Rule- If a woman asks for a private home and the husband is wealthy then he should provide a house with all the necessaries, e.g. kitchen, bathroom etc separate within it. It is sufficient, if he is poor and provides just one room even if the bathroom etc are all within this one room. (Raddul-Muhtaar) Rule- It is necessary when providing the house for the woman to live in to have virtuous and moral neighbors as living next to Faasiq and immoral people is not good. Ifthe house is so big that she fears living in it alone then a smaller house should be made available to her. (Durre­ Mukhtaar) Rule- The parents of the wife can visit their daughter once in a week and the husband cannot stop this. Yes ifthey want to stay the night over then he has the choice of allowing or disallowing. Similarly the wife is permitted to visit her parents home once a week but without the consent of her spouse, cannot spend the night over there. If she went to visit somebody else, made Ayaadat or attend a function even after being prohibited by her husband, then she has committed a sin. I fhe allowed her to go to a function or gathering knowing well that there will be no Purdah there and she goes then both are sinners. (Durre-Mukhtaar) Rule- There is no need to stop awoman who engages herselfin sewing etc within the home meaning anything done within the home that is allowed and does not interfere in her discharging her duties as a wife or mother. When she busies herself in these things, she will be saved from idle thinking andWaswasaa. (Raddul-Muhtaar) Rule- Nafqaa ofNaa Baaligh children is Waaj ib on the father if they do not have money in their property. It becomes Waaj ib on him also i f the Baaligh son is disabled, blind, insane , being unable to earn a l iving and does not have wealth in his property. The Nafqaa of a girl who does not have wealth in her property, and unmarried is unconditionally the responsibility of the father even if her body parts have no problem. 2 1 7