Household governance (tadbīr al-manzil) means the proper ordering of rights, duties, and relationships within family life. Some inherited practices created injustice, excess, or disorder in these relations. Legal principles and limits were established to reform them.
Marriage, divorce, and inheritance are leading examples. A ruling in these fields is not merely about one individual’s liberty to act. It also concerns other people’s entitlements, the stability of the household, and the prevention of conflict.
Consequently, a family-law passage is best understood in its rights-based and reformative setting, not as an isolated legal slogan.