<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) When the husband is absent, it is permissible for the wife to fast as she wishes.<br> 2) A husband should manage his household affairs according to what is commonly acceptable; he may ban those whose presence in his house might be a source of harm.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Is the ruling concerning voluntary prayers the same as that of voluntary fasting, in terms of the necessity of the husband’s permission?<br> Scholars said that voluntary prayers is different form fasting because the time during which the prayer is offered is short, unlike fasting that consumes the whole daytime. So, the wife may offer voluntary prayers when her husband is present, unless he prevents her. However, a husband should not deprive his wife of doing what is good, instead, he should urge her to do it.<b>Benefit:</b><br> Permission for admitting others into one’s house is of two kinds:<br> - Conventional permission: that is common among people and compliant with their traditions, like the case of female neighbors and relatives and the like entering the house.<br> - Verbal permission: when the husband says to his wife that she may admit whoever she wishes into the house except those whose presence might incur harm. Here the matter is dependent upon his permission.