The rights of a husband over his wife

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a woman offers her five prayers, fasts in her month, guards her chastity and obeys her husband, it will be said to her: Enter Paradise by whichever of its gates you wish."
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, whose hadith is hasan (good). The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih. Before this, the hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "When a woman offers her five prayers," has already passed; it is similar to this narration and appeared in the chapter before this one.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When a woman fasts in her month, offers her five prayers, obeys her husband and guards her chastity, she will enter Paradise by whichever of its gates she wishes."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, whose hadith is hasan (good). I do not know the narrator Sa'id bin Ufayr. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), (that he said:) "Any woman who fears her Lord, guards her chastity and obeys her husband, all eight gates of Paradise will be opened for her, and it will be said to her: Enter by whichever you wish."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, whose hadith is hasan (good). I do not know the narrator Sa'id bin Ufayr. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Husayn bin Mihsan narrates: His paternal aunt came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: Do you have a husband? She said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: How do you relate to him? The woman said: I do not fall short in any of his affairs, except for what I am unable to do. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: How do you regard him? He is your Paradise and he is your Hell.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, except that in his version the words are: "So look at how you are towards him." Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except the narrator Husayn, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: A woman from the tribe of Khath'am came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Tell me what the right of the husband over the wife is, for I am a widow. If I am able to (fulfil it), well and good; otherwise I will remain as I am. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is the husband's right over the wife that if he desires intimacy with her while she is on the back of a camel, she should not refuse him herself. And it is also among the husband's rights over the wife that she should not observe a voluntary fast without his permission; if she does so, she will merely remain hungry and thirsty, and her fast will not be accepted. And she should not leave the house without the husband's permission; if she does so, the angels of the heaven, the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment will keep cursing her until she returns. The woman said: Then it is certain that I will never marry.
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Husayn bin Qays, known as Hanash, and he is da'if (weak); Husayn bin Numayr declared him thiqah (trustworthy). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man brought his daughter to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: This daughter of mine has refused to marry. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the woman: Obey your father. The woman said: By the One who sent you with the truth, I will not marry until you tell me what the right of the husband over the wife is. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is the husband's right over the wife that if an ulcer were to break out on the man and the woman licked it, or if pus or blood came out of the man's nostrils and the woman sucked it, she would still not have fulfilled his right. The woman said: By the One who sent you with the truth, I will never marry. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not marry these women off except with their permission.
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Nahar al-Abdi, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I am so-and-so, the daughter of so-and-so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: State your need. She said: My need is that so-and-so has sent me a proposal of marriage. Tell me what the husband's right over the wife is. If it is something I am able to bear, I will marry that man, and if I am not able to bear it, I will not marry. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the rights of the husband over the wife is that if blood and pus were flowing from his nostrils and the woman licked it, she would still not have fulfilled his right. If it were proper for any human being to prostrate to another human being, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband whenever he comes to her. The woman said: By the One who sent you with the truth, as long as I remain in this world I will not marry.
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Sulayman bin Dawud al-Yamami, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! What is the husband's right over his wife? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a woman went out of her house and then came back home and found that her husband's leprosy had broken open and matter was flowing from his nose, and then she licked it with her tongue, she would still not have fulfilled the man's right. And no woman has the right to leave her husband's house, or to give anything to anyone from her husband's house, except that she may do so with his permission.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Abd al-Nur bin Abdullah, and he is kadhdhab (a liar).

A'idhullah bin Abdullah Abu Idris al-Khawlani narrates: Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived in Yemen. He met a woman from the tribe of Khawlan who had twelve of her sons with her. She had left their father at home. Even the youngest of those sons had grown a beard. The woman stood up and greeted Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), standing between two of her sons, who were holding her by her arms on either side. The woman asked: O sir! Who sent you? Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: The Messenger of Allah sent me. The woman asked: The Messenger of Allah sent you, and you are the envoy of the Messenger of Allah? Will you not tell me, O envoy of the Messenger of Allah? Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: Ask me whatever you wish. The woman said: Tell me what right a man has over his wife. Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: She should fear Allah Almighty as much as she is able, and listen and obey. The woman said: I adjure you by Allah to tell me what right a man has over his wife. Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: Are you not content that you listen and obey and keep fearing Allah Almighty? The woman said: Yes, but tell me what right a man has over his wife, for I have left the father of these children at home, and he is a very old man. Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the woman: By the One in whose hand is the soul of Mu'adh, if you went back to that man and found that leprosy had torn through his flesh and torn through his nostrils, and you found pus and blood flowing from his nostrils, and then you licked it with your mouth in order to reach his right, even then you would never reach his right (that is, you would not be able to fulfil his right).
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded it, from the narration of Abd al-Hamid bin Bahram from Shahr. There is weakness in both of them, although both narrators have also been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A woman cannot fulfil the right of Allah Almighty upon her until she fulfils the right of her husband, to the extent that if the husband asks her for intimacy while she is on the back of a camel's wooden saddle (according to one view, this means: even if she is about to give birth and has been placed on a wooden board to ease the delivery), even then she should not refuse him (the husband) herself."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and something similar in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except al-Mughirah bin Muslim, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in the row of the men and the women and said: O company of women! When you hear the adhan and iqamah of this Abyssinian, say the words that he says, and for every letter you will receive a million degrees. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is for the women; what is there for the men? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Double that, O Umar. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards the women and said: Any woman who obeys, fulfils her husband's right, remembers his goodness, and does not betray him regarding herself or his wealth, there will be a difference of only one degree between her and the martyrs in Paradise. If her husband is a believer and of good character, she will be his wife in Paradise too; otherwise Allah Almighty will marry her to one of the martyrs.
Al-Tabarani recorded it with two chains. In one of them it is mentioned that Abdullah al-Jazari narrated it from Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). One chain contains a narrator named Mansur bin Sa'd, and I do not know him. Its chain also contains Abbad bin Kathir, in whom there is great weakness; a group declared him da'if (weak). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). And in the other chain there is a group of narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Of all people, who has the greatest right over a woman? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Her husband. I asked: Of all people, who has the greatest right over a man? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: His mother. Its chain contains Abu Utbah, from whom no one other than Mis'ar narrated. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O company of women! Fear Allah and seek the pleasure of your husbands, for if a woman knew what her husband's right is, she would keep standing for as long as his morning meal or evening meal is present (that is, she would remain standing by him while he eats)."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains al-Hakam bin Ya'la bin Ata' al-Muharibi, and he is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a woman knew the husband's right, she would not sit down as long as his (the husband's) morning meal or evening meal is present, until he has finished it."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ubayd bin Sulayman al-Agharr, and I do not know him, nor do I know of his father having heard from Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Allah Almighty does not look at a woman who is not grateful to her husband, although she cannot do without him."
Al-Bazzar recorded it with two chains, and al-Tabarani also recorded it. The narrators of one of al-Bazzar's two chains are the narrators of the Sahih.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to Syria. There he saw the Christians prostrating to their bishops and patriarchs (that is, their religious leaders) and their monks, and he saw the Jews prostrating to their rabbis, their scholars and their jurists. Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Why do you do this? They replied: This is the way of greeting the prophets. So we said: Then we are more entitled to do this for our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he prostrated to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Mu'adh! What is the reason for this? He said: I went to Syria and there I saw the Christians prostrating to their religious leaders and monks, and I saw the Jews prostrating to their elders, jurists and scholars. I asked: Why do you do this and why do you perform this act? They told me: This is the way of greeting the prophets. So I said: Then we are more entitled to do this for our Prophet. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These people have attributed a lie to their prophets, just as they distorted their books. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would instruct the woman to prostrate to her husband, because his right is great. A woman cannot taste the sweetness of faith until she fulfils her husband's right, even if that man asks her for intimacy while she is sitting on the back of a camel's saddle.
Al-Bazzar recorded it in full, and Ahmad recorded it in abridged form. Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, and the same is true of one of Ahmad's routes. Al-Tabarani also recorded part of it.

Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Syria, he saw the Jews prostrating to their scholars and elders, and he saw the Christians prostrating to their religious leaders, monks and jurists. When he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he prostrated to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Mu'adh! What is the reason for this? He said: I went to Syria, and there I saw the Jews prostrating to their scholars and elders, and I saw the Christians prostrating to their priests, jurists and monks. I asked: What is the reason for this? They said that this is the way of greeting the prophets. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These people have attributed a lie to their prophets, just as they distorted their books. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would command the woman to prostrate to her husband.
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains al-Nahhas bin Qahm, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) to Syria. When Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) returned, he said: O Messenger of Allah! I saw the People of the Book prostrating to their bishops and their patriarchs. Should we not prostrate to you? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No! If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would command the woman to prostrate to her husband.
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. The narrators of one of al-Tabarani's two chains are the narrators of the Sahih, except Sadaqah bin Abdullah al-Samin. Abu Hatim and a group declared him thiqah (trustworthy), while al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would command the woman to prostrate to her husband."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains al-Hakam bin Tahman Abu Izzah al-Dabbagh, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband."
Al-Tabarani recorded it through Wahb bin Ali from his father, and I do not know either of them. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with some of the Muhajirun and the Ansar. Meanwhile a camel came and prostrated to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). His Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Animals and trees prostrate to you; we are more entitled to prostrate to you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Worship your Lord and honour your brother. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband. If the husband instructed his wife to move a yellow mountain to a black mountain, or a (black) mountain to a white mountain, it would be proper for the woman to do so (that is, to try to do so). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Ibn Majah recorded part of this narration without this context.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains Ali bin Zayd, whose hadith is hasan (good), though he has been declared weak. In the chapter on the signs of prophethood there is more than one hadith of this kind.

Sayyiduna Ismah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The camel of an orphan boy from the Ansar became unruly, and we could not catch it. We came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this situation to him. He got up and came with us until he reached the garden in which the camel was. When the camel saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it came forward and prostrated to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We said: O Messenger of Allah, if you would permit us to prostrate to you just as people prostrate to kings. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This will not be in my Ummah. If I were to do that, I would command women to prostrate to their husbands.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains al-Fadl bin al-Mukhtar, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ghaylan bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and he said: "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Shabib bin Shaybah; most declared him da'if (weak), while Salih Jazarah and others declared him thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Asma' bint Yazid al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed through the mosque while some women were sitting there. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) greeted them with a gesture of his blessed hand and said: Beware of being ungrateful to those who bestow favours. One of those women said: O Messenger of Allah! I seek refuge with Allah, O Prophet of Allah, from ingratitude for the blessings of Allah Almighty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes indeed! One of you remains a widow (or divorced) for a long time, until her time (without a husband) grows long; then Allah Almighty grants her a husband, blesses her with children and grants her the comfort of the eyes; then that woman becomes angry and swears by the name of Allah that she has never seen a single moment of good from that husband. This is part of ingratitude for the blessings of Allah Almighty, and this is part of ingratitude towards those who bestow favours. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Abu Dawud recorded this part of this narration: "He greeted the women."
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains Shahr bin Hawshab, and he is da'if (weak), although he has also been declared trustworthy.

Sayyidah Asma' bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the women in a corner of the mosque, and I was among those women. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the women's voices and said: O company of women! You are the greater part of the fuel of Hell. I called out to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a loud voice, for I used to be bold in speaking with him, and I said: O Messenger of Allah! Why is that? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you are given something, you are not grateful; when you are put to trial, you are not patient; and when something is withheld from you, you complain. So beware of ingratitude towards those who bestow favours. I said: What is meant by ingratitude towards those who bestow favours? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A woman is with a man (that is, she is someone's wife) and has even borne him two or three children, yet she still says: I have never seen any good from you.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Shahr bin Hawshab, and he is da'if (weak), although he has also been declared trustworthy. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Salma bint Qays (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Along with some women of the Ansar, I gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She says: Among the pledges the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took from us was that you will not deceive your husbands. She says: When we returned, we said: By Allah! If only we had asked the Messenger of Allah what is meant by deceiving our husbands (that would have been proper). She says: We went back and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he said: That you give something from his wealth to someone as a present or a gift.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator who is not named, and Ibn Ishaq, who is a mudallis.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When a man calls his wife to his bed, the woman should respond to him, even if she is on the back of a camel's saddle."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Muhammad bin Tha'labah bin Sawa'; a group narrated from him and no one declared him da'if (weak). Al-Tabarani recorded something similar in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except al-Mughirah bin Muslim, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
This narration has already passed.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A woman has two coverings." It was asked: What are those two? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The husband and the grave." It was asked: Which of the two covers more? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The grave."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in all three books. Its chain contains Khalid bin Yazid al-Qasri. Abu Hatim said: He is not strong.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Shall I not tell you about those of your men who will go to Paradise? We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prophet will go to Paradise, the siddiq (the truthful one) will go to Paradise, the martyr will go to Paradise, the newborn (that is, the child who dies after being born) will go to Paradise, and the man who goes to the outskirts of the city to visit his brother, going only to seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty, will go to Paradise. And shall I tell you about those of your women who will go to Paradise? We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every loving woman who is able to bear children who, when she becomes angry, or is mistreated, or her husband becomes angry, says: This is my hand in your hand; I will not sleep until you are pleased."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ibrahim bin Ziyad al-Qurashi. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: His hadith is not sahih. If he meant to declare this narrator weak, then there is no further discussion; and if he meant a particular hadith, he did not mention it. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I tell you about those of your men who are among the people of Paradise? The people said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prophet will go to Paradise, the martyr will go to Paradise, the siddiq (the truthful one) will go to Paradise, the newborn will go to Paradise, and the man who goes to a corner of the city to visit his brother will go to Paradise. And shall I tell you about those of your women who are among the people of Paradise? The people said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The loving woman who is able to bear children who, when she wrongs or is wronged, says: My forelock is in your hand; I will not sleep until you are pleased."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains al-Sari bin Isma'il, and he is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Shall I not tell you about those of your men who are among the people of Paradise? The people said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prophet is in Paradise, the siddiq (the truthful one) is in Paradise, the martyr is in Paradise, the child born in Islam (who dies in childhood) is in Paradise, and the man who lives in a corner of the city and goes to visit his brother, going only to seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty, is in Paradise. And shall I not tell you about those of your women who are among the people of Paradise? We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The loving woman who is able to bear children who, when she becomes angry or is made angry, says: My hand is in your hand; I will not sleep (until you are pleased).
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Amr bin Khalid al-Wasiti, and he is kadhdhab (a liar).

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "It is not lawful for a woman to permit anyone whom her husband dislikes to enter her husband's house, nor to leave the house if her husband dislikes it, nor to obey anyone regarding him, nor to displease him, nor to keep away from his bed, nor to strike him, even if the husband has wronged her, until she has pleased her husband. If the husband becomes pleased and accepts her excuse, then that is well and good: Allah Almighty too will accept her excuse, the woman will be successful and there will be no sin upon her. And if the husband refuses and is not pleased with her, then the woman has presented her excuse."
Al-Tabarani recorded it with two chains, the narrators of one of which are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man went out and instructed his wife not to leave her house. That woman's father lived in the lower part of the house, and the woman lived in the upper part. Her father fell ill. She sent a message to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (said to the woman): Obey your husband. The woman's father died. The woman again sent a message to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Obey your husband. Afterwards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a message to the woman that Allah Almighty has forgiven her father because of the woman's obedience to her husband.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ismah bin al-Mutawakkil, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three people whose prayer is not accepted and none of whose good deeds rises up to Allah Almighty: the intoxicated person until he becomes sober; the woman whose husband is displeased with her; and the runaway slave until he returns and places his hand in the hand of his masters."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil, whose hadith is hasan (good), though there is weakness in him. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are two kinds of people whose prayer does not rise above their heads: the slave who runs away from his masters until he returns to them, and the woman who disobeys her husband until she returns."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When a woman leaves her house while her husband dislikes it, every angel in the heaven and everything she passes by curses her, except the jinn and human beings, and this continues until she returns."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Suwayd bin Abd al-Aziz, and he is matruk (abandoned); Duhaym and others declared him thiqah (trustworthy). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I dislike the woman who goes out of her house trailing her garment, complaining about her husband."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains Yahya bin Ya'la, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Woman is something to be covered ('awrah). When she goes out of her house, Satan looks out at her; and a woman is closest to Allah Almighty when she is in the innermost part of her house."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdul Rahman bin Shibl (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Read the Qur'an, and when you read it, do not be arrogant on account of it, do not go to extremes regarding it, do not turn away from it, and do not consume a price in exchange for it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "Women are the people of Hell." A man said: "Are they not our mothers, our sisters and our daughters?" So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that they are ungrateful for the rights of their husbands and neglect their rights, and for this reason they will become deserving of Hell.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. It has various routes.
Ahmad and others also recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hell has been created for the foolish, and they are the women, except for the woman who obeys her husband."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ali bin Yazid al-Alhani, who is matruk (abandoned); it has also been said of him that he is salih (acceptable). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).