Question
Recently in a Jumuah bayaan our moulana said that it is the right of the wife to refrain from breast-feeding her infant, from refraining to cook her husband's food and doing the necessary household duties. What kind of ta'leem is this? On the Night of Mi'raaj, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) saw a serpent encircling a new woman. It was biting her breasts. Jibraeel (alayhis salaam) explained that she had abstained from breast-feeding her infant. But now this moulana says that it is her right not to breast-feed her baby. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) also said that Jannat will be denied to a woman who displeases her husband even if she performs Namaaz and fasts. Will a husband love his wife if she refrains from doing the necessary work of the home? What does one do with this kind of moulana?
Answer
This jaahil so-called moulana should be given the boot for all the bunkum he disgorges. It is Waajib for a mother to breast-feed her baby. It is Waajib for a wife to attend to the duties of the home. The Fiqhi technicalities do not detract from her obligations. There is an abhorrent glut of juhala masquerading as Aalims. This type of 'moulana' with whom the community at your end is entrapped is the ruin of the community. He is an utter disgrace. It appears that the mutawallis of the Musjid are just as ignorant as the 'moulana'. It is a case of the buffoons following the buffoons.
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- The Majlis Vol 22 No 10
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