Living With Husband's Parents & The Right To Ask For A Separate House
There is no instruction of Shariah on the combined family system. It is people’s own choice and needs which make them live together with extended family. This culture is found in agrarian societies and common in Hindus, Muslims, and other people of faith in the subcontinent. Such a family system is not found in Arabian societies, nor was it there in the time of the prophet. Man is responsible for the needs of his old parents, too, but it is not necessary to live together for this purpose. Therefore, asking for a separate house is not a matter of sin or Haq Talfi.