<![CDATA[This study examines how husbands in Mutiara Timur District balance rights and obligations toward wives and parents and evaluates these practices under Islamic family law. A qualitative field-research design was used. Data were collected through interviews, observation, and documentation involving three husbands, three wives, one community leader, and the local Office of Religious Affairs head on 7–11 July 2025. Data were analyzed inductively by organizing field statements into themes and comparing them with Qur’anic norms, Islamic jurisprudence, the Marriage Law, and the Compilation of Islamic Law. The findings show that husbands generally attempt to provide maintenance, time, and care to both parties, but imbalances arise in financial allocation, attention, decision-making, and parental intervention. Wives understand basic rights to maintenance, respectful treatment, and protection, yet differ in interpreting obedience and domestic roles. Islamic law does not require an absolute choice between wife and parents; the wife’s enforceable marital rights must be fulfilled while filial piety and support for needy parents continue according to capacity and without injustice. Open communication, clear household boundaries, deliberation, and mediation through religious leaders or the Office of Religious Affairs are the main conflict-resolution mechanisms. The study offers a proportional-priority framework for family guidance in rural Aceh.]]>
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