Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the wife of Safwan bin Mu‘attal came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! When I pray, my husband Safwan beats me, and when I fast, he makes me break my fast, and he performs the Fajr prayer after sunrise. Safwan himself was present there. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him about his wife’s complaints, he said: As for her saying that I beat her for praying, the fact is that she recites two surahs, and I have forbidden her from doing so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If even one surah was sufficient, it would have sufficed for all people.” The husband said: As for making her break her fast, the reality is that I am a young man and I cannot be patient (from marital relations). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “In the future, no woman should fast (a voluntary fast) without her husband’s permission.” The husband said: She also complained that I perform the Fajr prayer after sunrise, but in our family, it is well known that we cannot get up before sunrise. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whenever you wake up, perform the prayer.”