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670. Abū Umāmah Al-Bāhilī said: "During a sermon of his in the year of the Farewell Hajj, I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'A woman is not to spend anything from her husband's house without her husband's permission.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! What about food?' He said: 'That is our most virtuous wealth.'" (Hasan)
There are narrations on this topic from Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ, Asmā' bint Abī Bakr, Abū Hurairah, 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, and 'Āishah (may Allāh be pleased with her).
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Umāmah is a Ḥasan Hadīth.
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It is proven from this Hadīth that if the wealth earned for a household is by the husband, then the wife is not allowed to spend it without the permission of her husband, or without any indication from him to do so; because she bears the responsibility to look after the household things.
