Re: Girls in the west, after shaadi want to move out
Some of you have said that once I get married things will be different.... my response is that the day my nikkah is done I'm going to tell my wife that if you want my happiness then love and respect my parents. By the same token she will get immense love and happiness in return, InshAllah.
And yes, I would considor divorce or separation if my wife insists of moving out.
I would definitely look after her Parents too, as I have been taught to respect all elders. I would treat them as my parents and give them the same respect.
At no time have I said wives need to be treated like slaves. They are very important and also deserve all the happiness in the world but if that happiness in contigent upon leaving my parents then the answer is NO.
Also, someone mentioned that in Islam women have the right to their own house; yes, absolutely they do, their husbands house is also their house, which also happens to be the parents' house, oh and further its also the family's house; of WHICH SHE'S A PART OF.
Jazak Allah
Actually, Anil, in Islam, wives have the right to a separate quarter. It can be part of the family house, but she has the right to her private room and bathroom and kitchen and lounge, where she can dress and do what she pleases. She needs to be protected from the eyes of her brother in law, for whom is not a mahram. Even our faith knows about the need for privacy for a husband and wife.
It's ludicrous to think that girls don't know that they aren't supposed to respect the parents of their husbands. 99.999% of girls know that and are more than happy to step up to the plate when their parents in law need help or care. The problem I see is in the early days of marriage, when a capable and competent and previously active mother in law insists that the son and DIL live with her just for the sake of living together as one big happy family or for the DIL to serve the whims of the parents. Every woman, desi or American, dreams of having a small place of their own where they can start off their lives with their new husbands. Is that such a crime to want a little time to yourselves in the early days of marriage? After all, do we take our moms with us on our honeymoons?
In combined family systems, especially in Pakistan, there is always tension between the MIL and DIL, even though this setup is culturally acceptable. The truth is every woman wants to be the raj of her household, and when you have two women who's roles have not been clearly defined, there will be tension. Best thing is to let the couple start off on their own and in a little while, they can move back.