Preventing Wife From Working
If a married woman wants to work outside the home, is she obliged to get her husband’s permission? Is it lawful for the husband then to prevent her from going to work? Likewise, is it permissible for a woman to stipulate before marriage that she work outside the house after marriage? If so, would this condition be binding upon the husband? Can he take back his approval of her working after marriage? Would it be permissible for him to stipulate that she share in paying the household expenses in return for his approval of her working? If she helps her husband financially to buy a certain property, does she have the right then to be a co-owner of this property? Or will her participation here be to no avail? Is it permissible for the husband to prevent his wife from going to work solely to cause her harm, or because she continues working when this is against the interest of her family?
