The Wife's Rights Over The Husband
Darussalam · Volume 3
9. The Chapters On MarriageSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1850 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 593
Source no. 1850 · Volume 4 · Page 350
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٢٠٣٣) ، المشكاة (٣٢٥٩) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٨٥٩ - ١٨٦١) ، الآداب (١٧٤)
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1850. It was narrated from Hakim bin Mu'āwiyah, from his father, that a man asked the Prophet ﷺ: "What are the rights of the woman over her husband?" He said: "That he should feed her as he feeds himself and clothe her as he clothes himself; he should not strike her on the face nor disfigure her, and he should not abandon her except in the house (as a form of discipline).” (Hasan)
1850 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي قَزْعَةَ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا حَقُّ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى الزَّوْجِ؟ قَالَ: «أَنْ يُطْعِمَهَا إِذَا طَعِمَ، وَأَنْ يَكْسُوَهَا إِذَا اكْتَسَى، وَلَا يَضْرِبِ الْوَجْهَ، وَلَا يُقَبِّحْ، وَلَا يَهْجُرْ إِلَّا فِي الْبَيْتِ»
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[1] Ar-Ra'd 13:38.
It is the obligation of the husband to provide the daily and essential needs of the wife such as: food, clothes and accommodation. A husband has the authority to give an appropriate admonishment to the wife for her mistakes. If an ordinary admonishment is not affective, a light physical punishment may also be given, but hitting on the face is forbidden. It is permissible to stop talking to her temporarily in order to express anger as an admonishment, but to get her out of the house or the husband leaving the house for several days is not right. The presence of them both being at home together gives hope to getting rid of anger sooner.