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Wife's Rights Over Her Husband

Clearly separating cultural baggage from divine mandate on the rights Islam guarantees to married women.

During his Farewell Sermon, the Prophet (PBUH) said: "The best of you are those who are best to their wives." This course demystifies the rights of the wife in Islam — covering the financial, emotional, physical, and legal protections Islam guarantees to married women.

Sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaafi

Instructor

Sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaafi

Rating

4.8

Duration

4 Weeks

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Effort

2 Sessions/Week · 4 Weeks

Access

Lifetime Access · Mobile & Desktop

Reward

Certificate of Completion from UIA

Course Curriculum

Married & Engaged Couples · Community Counselors
Module 1: The Foundation — The Contract and The Dowry (Week 1)
2 Lessons
Class 1: Deconstructing Culture vs. Islam A historical look at how Islam elevated the status of women and why cultural patriarchal norms often violate Shariah.
Class 2: The Mahr (Dowry) as an Absolute Right Understanding that the Mahr is a mandatory, uncoerced gift belonging solely to the wife, not her family or husband.
Module 2: Financial Rights and Independence (Nafaqah) — Week 2
2 Lessons
Class 3: The Obligation of Maintenance (Nafaqah) The husband's strict legal duty to provide adequate housing, food, clothing, and medical care, regardless of the wife's wealth.
Class 4: The Wife's Financial Autonomy Exploring the Islamic principle that a wife's income, savings, and inheritance are 100% her own.
Module 3: Emotional, Physical, and Social Rights (Week 3)
3 Lessons
Class 5: Mu'asharah bil Ma'ruf (Living in Kindness) The right to be spoken to with respect, emotional support, and the Prophetic example of helping with household chores.
Class 6: Physical Rights and Intimacy The wife's right to physical satisfaction, affection, and the strict Islamic prohibition against all forms of abuse.
Class 7: Social and Familial Rights The right to a separate, private living space (independent of in-laws if requested) and the right to maintain ties with her own family.
Module 4: Dispute Resolution and Legal Recourse (Week 4)
1 Lesson
Class 8: Seeking Justice & Dissolution Understanding a woman's right to seek mediation and her right to initiate Khul' (divorce by wife) or Faskh (annulment).

Assessment & Certification

Fiqh case studies, true/false cultural myth-busting quizzes, and a final 'Marital Rights & Responsibilities' personal reflection paper.

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Sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaafi

Sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaafi

Family Law & Islamic Fiqh Specialist

Sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaafi is a family counselor and Islamic jurist specializing in marital Fiqh and family dynamics. With a PhD in Islamic Family Law from the University of Medina and over 15 years of counseling experience, he has helped hundreds of couples build marriages rooted in the Prophetic model of love, respect, and complementary partnership.

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Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Clearly identify and dismantle common cultural practices that falsely claim Islamic backing regarding the treatment of wives.
  • Accurately explain the scope of Nafaqah (maintenance) and defend the wife's Islamic right to complete financial independence.
  • Understand the legal stipulations of the dowry (Mahr), including prompt and deferred portions, and the prohibition of taking it back unjustly.
  • Identify emotional, verbal, and physical abuse as severe violations of Shariah that invalidate the mandate of living in kindness.
  • Explain the mechanisms of Khul' and Faskh, empowering women with knowledge that Islam provides legal exits from harmful marriages.
  • Advocate for the wife's right to adequate privacy, separate housing, and equitable division of domestic labor based on the Sunnah.