Pati Parmeshwar (Hindi: पति परमेश्वर, Urdu: پتی پرمیشور), also called Majazi Khuda (Hindi: मजाज़ी ख़ुदा, Urdu: مجازی خدا), is a concept in South Asia that teaches that the husband is akin to a deity, being next to God.
[2][1] This teaching of Pati Parmeshwar or Majazi Khuda holds that it is the husband's role to provide for his wife.
[3] Indian and Pakistani women thus regularly pray and fast for their husband.
[4][5] For a South Asian married couple, the husband is viewed by his wife as an aid in her eventual salvation with respect to the afterlife.
[6] The concept of Pati Parmeshwar or Majazi Khuda originates in Hinduism, though it has been adopted by many practitioners of Islam in the Indian subcontinent.