Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 35 of 372
Husband’s rights concerning his Wife
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 35 : Ahadith 281 – 288
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُواْ مِنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ فَٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ قَٰنِتَٰتٌ حَٰفِظَٰتٞ لِّلۡغَيۡبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُ
“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore, the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allah and to their husbands), and guard in the husband’s absence what Allah orders them to guard (e.g., their chastity and their husband’s property).”
[An-Nisā’ 4:34]
281 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When a man calls his wife to his bed, and she does not respond and he (the husband) spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In another narration: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When a woman spends the night away from the bed of her husband, the angels curse her until morning”. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In another narration: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “By Him in Whose Hand is my life, when a man calls his wife to his bed, and she does not respond, the One Who is above the heaven becomes displeased with her until he (her husband) becomes pleased with her”. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
282 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “It is not lawful for a woman to observe (voluntary) fasting without the permission of her husband when he is at home; and she should not allow anyone to enter his house without his permission.”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
283 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects, the man is a guardian of his family, the woman is a guardian and is responsible for her husband’s house and his offspring; and so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
284 Abu `Ali Talq bin `Ali (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When a man calls his wife to satisfy his desire, she must go to him even if she is occupied with the oven”.[At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i].
285 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “If I were to order anyone to prostrate himself before another, I would have ordered a woman to prostrate herself before her husband”.[At-Tirmidhi]
286 Umm Salamah (radiyallahu anha) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Any woman dies while her husband is pleased with her, she will enter Jannah”.[At-Tirmidhi].
287 Mu`adh bin Jabal (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whenever a woman harms her husband in this world (that is without any due right), his wife among the (Houris in Jannah) says: `You must not harm him. May Allah destroy you! He is only a passing guest with you and is about to leave you to come to us”.[At-Tirmidhi].
288 Usamah bin Zaid (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “I am not leaving behind me a more harmful trial for men than women”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].