Question 408: What are the rights of a wife over her husband?

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✅ Some of the specific rights of a wife over her husband are mentioned in the following narrations. It should be noted that general rights remain in their place, and these narrations express some of the specific rights of a wife over her husband:

1 شهاب بن عبد ربه قَال: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْد اللَّه ما حَقُّ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَی زَوْجهَا قَالَ یَسُدُّ جَوْعَتَهَا وَ یَسْتُرُ عَوْرَتَهَا و لَا یُقَبِّحُ لَهَا وَجْهاً فَإِذَا فَعَل ذَلِک فَقَدْ و اللَّهِ أَدَّی حَقَّهَا قُلْتُ فَالدُّهْنُ قَال غِبّاً یَوْمٌ وَ یَوْمٌ لَا قُلْتُ فَاللَّحْمُ قَالَ فِی کُلِّ ثَلَاثَةٍ فَیَکُونُ فِی الشَّهْرِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ لَا أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِک قُلْتُ فَالصِّبْغُ قَال و الصِّبْغُ فی کُلِّ سِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَ یَکْسُوهَا فِی کُلِّ سَنَةٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَثْوَابٍ ثَوْبَیْنِ لِلشِّتَاءِ و ثَوْبَیْنِ لِلصَّیْفِ و لَا یَنْبَغِی أَنْ یُفْقِرَ بَیْتَهُ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْیَاء دُهْنِ الرَّأْسِ وَ الْخَلِّ وَ الزَّیْتِ و یَقُوتُهُنَّ بِالْمُدِّ فَإِنِّی أَقُوتُ بِه نَفْسِی و عِیَالِی و لْیُقَدِّرْ لِکُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ قُوتَه فَإِنْ شَاءَ أَکَلَهُ و إِنْ شَاءَ وَهَبَهُ و إِنْ شَاء تَصَدَّقَ بِه و لَا تَکُونُ فَاکِهَةٌ عَامَّةٌ إِلَّا أَطْعَمَ عِیَالَهُ مِنْهَا و لَا یَدَعْ أَنْ یَکُونَ لِلْعِید عِنْدَهُمْ فَضْلٌ فِی الطَّعَام أَنْ یُسَنِّیَ مِنْ ذَلِک شَیْئاً لَا یُسَنِّی لَهُمْ فی سَائِرِ الْأَیَّام

📚Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 512

Shahab ibn Abd Rabih said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), 'What is the right of a wife over her husband?'

He said: 'He should satisfy her hunger and cover her nakedness (clothe her) and not say to her: 'May Allah make your face ugly!' (or not attribute ugliness to her face). So when he does this, by Allah, he has fulfilled her right!'

I asked: 'What about oil (for rubbing)?' He said: 'Every other day.'

I asked: 'What about meat?' He said: 'Every three days, which makes it ten times a month, no more; I asked: 'Color?' He said: 'Color, every six months, and he should clothe her with four shirts every year, two shirts for winter and two shirts for summer, and it is not appropriate for him to leave his house empty of three things: head oil, vinegar, and olive oil, and he should feed them with a 'mudd' of food, for I feed myself and my family with this amount, he must specify the food for each of them so that if he wants, he can eat it, and if he wants, he can give it away, and if he wants, he can give it as charity! And it should not be a common fruit (that all classes eat) unless he feeds his family from it, and he should not fail to have better food for them on Eid, by providing something from the food that they do not have on other days.'

2️⃣Ishaq ibn Ammar said, I said to Abi Abdullah (peace be upon him): What is the right of a woman over her husband which, if he does it, he is a doer of good? He said: He satisfies her hunger and clothes her, and if she acts ignorantly, he forgives her.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 510

Ishaq ibn Ammar said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'What is the right of a wife over her husband which, if he does it, he is a doer of good?' He said: 'He should satisfy her hunger and clothe her, and if she acts ignorantly, he forgives her.'

3️⃣The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Cursed, cursed is the one who neglects his family!'

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 3, p. 168

4️⃣Yunus ibn Ammar said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) married me to a daughter of his son Ismail, then he said: 'Treat her with kindness.' I said: 'What is kindness?' He said: 'Satisfy her stomach, and cover her side, and forgive her sin.'

Then he said (to the daughter): 'Go, and may Allah place you among his wealth.'

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 511

✅Did you know that in 📚Bihar, Vol. 98, p. 158, Hammad spent the 21st night of Ramadan with Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) in prayer and saying 'Ameen' to the Imam's supplication, and when the morning of the 21st of that day came, he said: 'The Imam performed the morning prayer and then went into prostration, and for a while I heard nothing but his breathing, and then he recited a supplication, a part of which is this:'

أَسْأَلُکَ بِجَمِیعِ مَا سَأَلْتُکَ وَ مَا لَمْ أَسْأَلْکَ مِنْ عَظِیمِ جَلَالِکَ مَا لَوْ عَلِمْتُهُ لَسَأَلْتُکَ بِهِ أَنْ تُصَلِّیَ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ وَ أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لِفَرَجِ مَنْ بِفَرَجِهِ فَرَجُ أَوْلِیَائِک وَ أَصْفِیَائِکَ مِنْ خَلْقِکَ وَ بِهِ تُبِیدُ الظَّالِمِینَ وَ تُهْلِکُهُمْ عَجِّلْ ذَلِکَ یَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِینَ

Hammad asked the Imam who this person is through whose coming the coming of the chosen and the saints of Allah will be achieved, 'Is it not you?' The Imam said: 'No, he is the 'Qa'im' of the family of Muhammad!' And then after some matters, he said:

✳️'Wait for the امر of your master day and night'✳️

✅On the morning of the 21st of Ramadan! Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) prayed in prostration for the hastening of the advent of an Imam who had not yet been born! And we have been looking at our Imam in the veil of occultation for more than 1100 years and we do not care much!

✅Let's pray with a cry!

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Question 409: What are the recommended times for the marriage sermon?

✅Answer: Please pay attention to some of the commendable and reprehensible times for the marriage sermon in the following narrations:

1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُيَسِّرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ علیه السلام قَالَ: قَالَ: يَا مُيَسِّرُ تَزَوَّجْ بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَهُ سَكَناً وَ لَا تَطْلُبْ حَاجَةً بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ اللَّيْلَ مُظْلِمٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ لِلطَّارِقِ لَحَقّاً عَظِيماً وَ إِنَّ لِلصَّاحِبِ لَحَقّاً عَظِيماً

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 366

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'O Muyassar, marry at night, for Allah has made it a time of tranquility, and do not seek a need at night, for the night is dark and obscure!' Then he said: 'Indeed, for the one who enters at night (or knocks on the door at night), there is a great right, and indeed, for the companion (or interlocutor), there is a great right.'

2 َ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا علیه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ فِي التَّزْوِيجِ قَالَ: مِنَ السُّنَّةِ التَّزْوِيجُ بِاللَّيْلِ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ سَكَناً وَ النِّسَاءُ إِنَّمَا هُنَّ سَكَن

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 366

Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' said: I heard Imam Reza (peace be upon him) say about marriage: 'Marriage at night is from the tradition, because Allah has made the night a time of tranquility, and indeed, women are a source of tranquility.'

3 عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي الْعَاصِمِيَّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ ضُرَيْسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ: بَلَغَ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ علیهماالسلام أَنَّ رَجُلًا تَزَوَّجَ فِي سَاعَةٍ حَارَّةٍ عِنْدَ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ علیه السلام: مَا أَرَاهُمَا يَتَّفِقَانِ فَافْتَرَقَا

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 366

Abdul Malik said: It was reported to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that a person had married at midday, at a time when the weather was hot. Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said:

'I do not think they will find agreement and harmony with each other.' So they separated!

4 فِي الْعِلَلِ وَ الْخِصَالِ وَ عُيُونِ الْأَخْبَارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ علیه السلام فِي حَدِيثٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْأَيَّامِ وَ مَا يَجُوزُ فِيهَا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ علیه السلام يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ يَوْمُ مَكْرٍ وَ خَدِيعَةٍ وَ يَوْمُ الْأَحَدِ يَوْمُ غَرْسٍ وَ بِنَاءٍ... إلی أن قال وَ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ يَوْمُ الدُّخُولِ عَلَى الْأُمَرَاءِ وَ قَضَاءِ الْحَوَائِجِ وَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ يَوْمُ خِطْبَةٍ وَ نِكَاحٍ

📚Ilal al-Shara'i - 598- 44

📚 Al-Khisal - 384- 62

📚Uyun Akhbar al-Reza (peace be upon him) 1- 247

Imam Reza (peace be upon him) narrated from his fathers from Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) that a person asked him about the days and what actions are permissible to be done in them?

So Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) said:

'Saturday is a day of deceit and trickery!'

'And Sunday is a day of planting (trees, etc.) and building!'

Until he said:

'And Thursday is a day of entering upon princes and kings and fulfilling needs!'

'And Friday is a day of proposing and marriage (or a day of sermon and marriage).'

✅ 'Yawm al-Jumu'ah' includes both the night of Friday and the day of Friday, which is called 'Layl' for the night and 'Nahar' for the day.

5 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: تَزَوَّجُوا بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَهُ سَكَناً وَ لَا تَطْلُبُوا الْحَوَائِجَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ مُظْلِمٌ.

📚Tafsir al-Ayyashi 1- 371- 68

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:

'Marry at night, for Allah has made it a time of tranquility, and do not seek needs at night, for it is dark!'

✅Please pay attention to some other forbidden times for reciting the marriage sermon (Question 401) at the following address:

t.me/porseshvapasokhe/554

✅In 📚Falah al-Sa'il, pp. 168 and 167, Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) in a part of a supplication that he taught a man to lengthen his life, said, among other things:

اَللّهُمَّ عَجِّل لِوَلیِّکَ الفَرَجَ وَ العافیَةَ وَ النَّصرَ