But she’d have to be confident that the imam won’t betray her trust and tell her husband that she came to him for help.
The imam and her husband are tight…and imam was thinking of making her husband the head of something. What if…confiding in the imam…changes the imam’s attitude toward her husband. What if imam starts behaving in a reserved manner…and the husband becomes suspicious?
If the imam agrees to do a khutba…she’ll have to find out when (date/time) the khutbah will take place…and she has to make sure that her husband will attend the khutbah. If she appears toooo eager for him to attend the khutbah…the husband could get suspicious. PLUS…if (after the khutbah) the imam starts acting weird around the husband…he’ll become even more suspicious.
I like the idea of an indirect khutbah because it could guide other people (men and women) may be committing this breach of trust without realizing the gravity of it. If only she can trust the imam…and be sure that he won’t change toward her husband…and if she can manage to get him to the khutbah…it could work.