enjoy her, you will enjoy her while there is crookedness in her." Narrated by both (7). He (pbuh) said: "The best of you are those who are best to their wives." Narrated by Ibn Mājah (8). The husband's right over her is greater than her right over him, because of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {But the men have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]} (9). The Prophet (pbuh) said: "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands, because of what Allah has placed upon them regarding their rights." Narrated by Abū Dāwūd (10). And he said: "If a woman spends the night forsaking (11) her husband’s bed, the angels curse her until she returns." Narrated by both (12). He said to a woman: "Do you have a husband?" She said: "Yes." He said: "Indeed, he is your Paradise and your Hell" (13). He said: "It is not lawful for a woman to fast while her husband is present except with his permission, nor to allow anyone in his house except with his permission, and whatever she spends of his wealth without his permission, half of it will be returned to him." Narrated by al-Bukhārī (14).
(7) Reported by al-Bukhārī, in: Chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority"}, from the Book of Prophets, and in: Chapter on Exhortation regarding women, from the Book of Nikāḥ (Marriage). Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4/161, 7/34. And by Muslim, in: Chapter on Exhortation regarding women, from the Book of Suckling (Riḍāʿ). Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2/1090, 1091. It was also reported by al-Dārimī, in: Chapter on a man's gentle handling of his household, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Sunan al-Dārimī 2/148. And by Imam Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 2/428, 449, 497, 530. (8) In: Chapter on Good Treatment of Women, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Sunan Ibn Mājah 1/636. It was also reported by al-Tirmidhī, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding a wife's right over her husband, from the Chapters on Suckling. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 5/110. And by Imam Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 2/250, 472. (9) Surah al-Baqarah, 228. (10) In: Chapter on the husband's right over the woman, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1/494. (11) In (B) and (M): "hājarah". This is the wording used by Muslim. (12) Reported by al-Bukhārī, in: Chapter: If a woman spends the night forsaking her husband's bed, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7/39. And by Muslim, in: Chapter on the prohibition of her refusing her husband's bed, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2/1059, 1060. It was also reported by al-Dārimī, in: Chapter on the husband's right over the woman, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Sunan al-Dārimī 2/150. And by Imam Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 2/255, 348, 386, 468, 519, 538. (13) Reported by Imam Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 6/419. (14) In: Chapter: A woman must not allow anyone in her husband's house except with his permission, from the Book of Nikāḥ. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7/39.
