Question:
Some women have the habit of telling their close relatives and female friends about their life in their homes and with their husbands. Some of these matters concern domestic secrets that the husbands do not want anyone to know. What is the ruling about women who disclose domestic secrets and relate them outside the home and in front of some members of the household?
Answer:
Know that when some women tell their close relatives and friends about household matters and the secrets of their marital life, doing so is haram. It is not lawful for any woman to disclose to anyone any secret of her marital life, whether concerning her home or her husband. Allah the Exalted said:
«فَالصَّالِحَاتُ قَانِتَاتٌ حَافِظَاتٌ لِلْغَيْبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ اللَّهُ»
“(The righteous women are obedient,) guarding in (their husbands’) absence, because Allah has kept (them) guarded.”
And the Prophet ﷺ informed us:
«شر الناس منزلة عند الله يوم القيامة الرجل يفضي إلى المرأة وتفضي إليه ثم ينشر سرها»
“On the Day of Resurrection, the worst in rank before Allah will be the man who is alone with his wife and she is alone with him, and then he discloses her secret.”
