Riyad as-Salihin, 277
Mu'awiyah bin Haidah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): "What right can any wife demand of her husband?" He replied, "You should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on the face, and do not revile her or separate from her except in the house". <b>[Abu Dawud, who categorized it as Hasan]</b>.
وعن معاوية بن حيدة رضي الله عنه قال : قلت يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما حق زوجة أحدنا عليه؟ قال: "أن تطعمها إذا طعمت ، وتكسوها إذا اكتسيت ولا تضرب الوجه، ولا تقبح، ولا تهجر إلا في البيت " حديث حسن رواه أبو داود وقال: معنى "لاتقبح" أي : لا تقل قبحك الله.
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 277
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) A husband is obligated to spend on his wife as he spends on himself. Providing for the wife is a due right of hers upon the husband.<br>
2) The face is excluded from the permissible mild striking, because the face is the most honored part of the body. It is impermissible under the Shariah to strike the face.<br>
3) It is forbidden to offend the wife physically or morally, such as taunting her for a physical defect in her, or telling her that she comes from a bad family, and the like.<br>
04) Forsaking should be done at home only; he should not forsake her in public or make that noticed by people. Wisdom dictates that marital affairs should be concealed, so that when they reconcile with each other, everything goes back to normal without anyone knowing about the problem they had. Such is the state of the successful Muslim family.