Eight-year-old boy sleeping in the same bed with his father and his new wife

17-2-2009 | IslamWeb

Question:

Asalamualaikum. How does Islamic law interpretes a man bringing his 8 year old son, on his wedding night to sleep on the same bed togehter with his new wife? When he had 2 other rooms in the same hotel where his older children (ages 13 to 27) were staying. It is natural & acceptable for his new bride to get very upset & not agreeing to that action? His reason was, to 'bond' a new mother with his young child. ( the first time the new wife met his son) The 2 wedding nites resulting in unhappiness & conflicts between the newly weds. ( the said child nevetherless was sleeping there for a straight one week with them) Today, after 6 mths of marriage, the husband could not accept his wife's unhappiness and bear that grudge. Even though it was forgiven and was never mentioned again by his wife. Thank u. Wassalam. Nor

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

 

The husband has no right to let his son sleep in the same room with that wife without her permission and without a necessity. Furthermore, he should not be angry because of her unhappiness about his behavior.

In any case, since the matter is already finished, then this should not spoil the marital relationship between the spouses.

For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 85134 and 92251.

Allaah Knows best.