Rights of a Muslim wife

      

Rights of a Muslim wife

  

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samuel
To receive Mahr (dowry) from the husband.
To receive maintenance (nafaqah) in form of food, clothing, shelter and medical care.
Equal and fair treatment from the husband especially, if he is married to more than one wife (Q 2:228).
Right to conjugal intimacy.
Has a greater right to the custody of children (especially minors) at the dissolution of marriage and to receive maintenance of this service.
Right to keep and dispose any property she earns through her effort or that i which she may have inherited from her relatives.
Right to inherit from her deceased husband.
Right to be consulted on decisions that affect her. e.g marriage of the daughters.
Respect for her close relatives. e.g her parents, siblings etc.
Right to retain her identity i.e retain her sumame.
lemass answered the question on March 12, 2019 at 18:13


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