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Is a wife obliged to serve her parents-in-law?

   Is a wife obliged to serve her parents-in-law?
   Answer

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   they share the same house or live separately.
   When we understand these limitations, the relationship between parents
   and their daughter-in-law acquires a different outlook. When someone
   does you a favor voluntarily and you do not show your appreciation,
   they are bound to feel hurt. The least to be expected is that they do
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   constituted a burden on her. You did not give me any idea about your
   family situation, but it is not difficult to think of many situations
   when serving parents-in-law can be a real burden.
   Suppose a woman has young children of her own and has to look after
   them. Nowadays, young children are too demanding and the burden they
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   the help she needed with bringing up her young children from the other
   women in the family.
   If a woman has to serve her parents-in-law, she may find that she is
   required to work long hours without getting enough rest. There is also
   the possibility of conflict between your wife and parents. This may
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   Based on this, a woman is within her right to ask her husband to
   provide her and their family with a separate home. She is also within
   her right if she decides not to serve her parents-in-law. It is wrong
   for parents to ask their son to divorce his wife because she does not
   serve them. Islam does not condone this provided she observes the