Question
Males argue that modern day wives have to be taken on holidays at regular intervals, otherwise they feel trapped in the home all the time. In some instances this has led to breakdown of marriages. In order to save a marriage, can a man take his wife on holiday to foreign countries, bearing in mind Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam considered that the only viable tourism was striving in the Path of Allah?
Answer
Holidaying in foreign countries even for men is not permissible. To a greater degree is the impermissibility for women emphasized. Too many sins have to be committed when undertaking such holidays. There is absolutely no Shar'i necessity here for applying the principle of Dhuroorat. Husbands may take their wives for outings locally to such places where they will not be exposed, neither the women to males, nor vice versa. If a woman is prepared to break-up her home for the sake of haraam holidaying, let her go to the devil. Grant her Talaaq and end the marriage with dignity. Sins never become permissible for the sake of gratifying the haraam whims of the wife.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 24 No 08
- PDF page
- 8
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