What are a mother's rights over her married daughter, especially if the mother is divorced and lives alone, taking into account the husband's refusal for his wife to stay long at her family's home, and his demand to reduce visits and suffice with maintaining kinship ties over the phone?
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The husband is not obliged to permit his wife to visit her mother as frequently as the wife or her mother requests, and there is no sin upon them for this. Obedience to the husband takes precedence over obedience to parents if they conflict, as Ibn Taymiyyah said: "When a woman marries, her husband has more authority over her than her parents, and obedience to her husband is more incumbent upon her." It is recommended for the couple to reach an understanding to help the wife fulfill her duty of filial piety towards her mother.
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