THE RIGHTS OF THE HUSBAND Abdullāh ibn Abī' Awfā (رضي الله عن | Beneficial Books

THE RIGHTS OF THE HUSBAND

Abdullāh ibn Abī' Awfā (رضي الله عنه) narrated that Allāh's Messenger (ﷺ) said,

"If I were to command anyone to prostrate to other than Allāh, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, a woman has not fulfilled the rights of her Lord until she has fulfilled the rights of her husband. And were he to call her to marital relations while she was sitting on the saddle of a camel, she should not refuse him."*

And it is said that the reference to the saddle of a camel is to the place where the Arab women used to sit and give birth. So, the hadīth refers to the fact that even if a woman is in the late stages of pregnancy, she should respond to the request of her husband. And if the woman is obligated to answer her husband at this difficult time, then how much more so at other times?

* Ibn Mājah (no.1853)...

Book: The Characteristics of A Righteous Wife in Light of the Qurān and Sunnah
By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wāhid
Salafi Publications
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