🏡 Rights & responsibilities · #377

My husband embraced Islam after we married. How do we adjust our life together?

Welcome this change as a new beginning built slowly, not an overhaul of the household in a single day. Celebrate each of his small steps and avoid flooding him with a list of obligations all at once. Learn the basics of the religion together so that he does not feel watched, and adjust home routines such as halal food and prayer times gradually. Discuss gently what changes and what stays the same. On the status and conditions of the marriage after one spouse embraces Islam, consult the state religious affairs office for certainty. Give him space and support; faith that grows with love is stronger. See interfaith.

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This answer is general reference, not a fatwa. For your situation, consult the religious affairs office, a Syarie lawyer or your state Syariah Court.

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