🏡 Rights & responsibilities · #23
May a husband force his wife to have relations even when she is ill or unwilling?
No; forcing her with violence or while she is unwell contradicts the command to live together in kindness, and may even be a criminal offence.
The Qur'an describes husband and wife as garments for one another and calls for love and compassion. A wife who is ill or has a valid excuse commits no sin in refusing. In Malaysia, the Penal Code (s.375A) makes it an offence for a husband to hurt his wife, or to put her in fear through threats, in order to have intercourse with her. A wife who suffers violence can obtain a protection order and counselling support. See Counselling and Etiquette between husband and wife.
The Qur'an describes husband and wife as garments for one another and calls for love and compassion. A wife who is ill or has a valid excuse commits no sin in refusing. In Malaysia, the Penal Code (s.375A) makes it an offence for a husband to hurt his wife, or to put her in fear through threats, in order to have intercourse with her. A wife who suffers violence can obtain a protection order and counselling support. See Counselling and Etiquette between husband and wife.