The Ruling on Forcing a Wife to Wear the Hijab

Question
Is the husband considered not responsible for his wife, not held accountable for her, and does he have no right to force her to wear the hijab?
Answer
I say, and with God's help: After marriage, a woman has come to represent the honor and dignity of a man, and this is one of God's decrees. Revealing any part of her body causes him great harm in this world by tarnishing his honor, so he must remove this harm from himself, and in the hereafter, he faces painful punishment for his ability to eliminate this wrongdoing, even by separating from her. And God knows best.
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