[Split Thread] The Joint Family System

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Re: [Split Thread] The Joint Family System

@Reha

I don’t understand what is so wrong with living separate? Why is it sooooo horrible for a woman to want some space? Especially in the beginning of the marriage when two people neeeeeed that time. Leaving your parents and never looking back is one thing - but if you moved across the street or even in the same neighborhood, how is that bad? How is that a sin as its being portrayed here? One thing I will never understand about people who claim to be religious or who use Islam in everything is…WHY is necessary to be unjust with one person in order to be just with another? Why? Where in Islam does it say “stay with your parents even if it causes problems in your marriage”?

certainly it is not at all wrong if a woman wants to live separately if living i joint family set-up is causing tension in her married life or her well being. but saying that a woman “SHOULD” live separately is not right. She CAN live separately based on her unique circumstances.