of the following two reports when they feel like inciting their daughter against her husband and in-laws:
1. Sayyidunā Buraydaĥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ reports the following glorious Ḥadīš of the Greatest and Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, ‘Whoever incites a woman against her husband is not among us.’ (Musnad Imām Aḥmad, vol. 9, pp. 16, Ḥadīš 23041)
Sayyidunā Jābir رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ reports the following saying of our Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: The devil sets his throne on water, then sends his troops, the closest of them to Iblīs [i.e. Satan] is the one who causes most mischief. One devil comes and says to him, ‘I have done such and such a thing.’ Iblīs replies, ‘You have done nothing.’ Another comes and says, ‘There was a man who I did not leave until I caused separation between him and his wife.’ When Iblīs hears this he brings him close and says, ‘You are great’, and then embraces him.
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 1511, Ḥadīš 67; 2813)
Question: What if a woman’s husband, in-laws, or parents ask her not to wear a veil?
Answer: The woman must not obey them in this matter because obeying the husband, parents etc. in sin is a sin and not a virtue. Amīr-ul-Mu`minīn, Maulā-e-Kāināt, ‘Alī-ul-Murtaḍā, the lion of Allah کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم reports this grand statement of the Prophet of mankind, the Peace of our heart and mind, the most Generous and Kind صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, ‘لَا طَاعَةَ فِيۡ مَعۡصِيَةِ اللّٰهِ اِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الۡمَعۡرُوۡفِ’ It is forbidden to obey any human whilst disobeying Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ; obedience is only in good deeds. (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 1023, Ḥadīš 1840)