Rights and Obligations between Spouses in Islam

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Rights and Obligations between Spouses in Islam - The Fragile Vessels


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Responsibility and accountability - Both men and women carry the great responsibility of establishing and nuturing the family unit.
Abu Hurayrah (ra) reported that Allah's messenger sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said:

''Every person among Adam's children is a master. The man is the master of his family, and the woman is the mistress of her home.''
Recorded by Ibn us-Sunni and Abu Bakr il-Muqri. Verified to be hasan by al-Albani
(as-Sahihah no 2041 and Sahih ul-jami no 4565)


Good manners - Two spouses should interact with each other in the highest form of good character. Exercising good manners is shared right and duty between the two spouses; it is emphasized by their extreme closeness, and is necessary for the well being of their relationship.
Abu Hurayrah (ra) reported that Allah's messenger sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said:

''The believers with the most complete imaan are those with most refined manners. And the best among you are those who are best to their women.''

Recorded by at-Tirmithi and Ibn Hibban. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani
(Sahih ul-jami no 1232 and as-sahihah no 284)


Safeguardin the Family
- The two spouses must help each other in guiding their children toward Jannah and away from the Fire. Allah The Most High says:
''O you who believe! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones.''
At-Tahrim 66.6


Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Wrong - The two spouses should help each other in enjoining the good and forbidding the wrong, first toward one another, and then with other people. Allah The Most High says:

''The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin the right, forbid the wrong, establish prayer, give zakat, and obey Allah and his Messenger. Allah will show mercy to those.
Indeed! Allah is Mighty and Wise.

Allah has promised the believing men and women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and (He promised them) pleasant dwellings in gardens of everlasting bliss (Adn or Eden). But greater than all of this is the good acceptance from Allah: That is surely the great achievement.''

At-Tawbah 9.71-72


A highly Rewardable Charity - Amr Bin Umayyah ad-Damri (ra) reported that Allah's messenger sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said:

'Whatever a man gives to his wife is a charity (in his record)''
Recorded by Ahmad. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani (as- Sahihah no 1024 and Sahih ul-jami no 5540)


Kind treatment and Compassion - The wife has a right to be respected and treated kindly. It is an obligation established through a divine command. Allah The Most High commands:

'Live with them (your wives) in kindness; even if you dislike them, perhaps you dislike something in which Allah has placed much good.''
An-Nisa 4.19

Abu Hurayrah (ra) reported that Allah's messenger sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said:

''Let not a believing man hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her traits, he would be pleased by others.''
Recorded by Muslim and Ahmad


For more info refere to The Fragile Vessels - Rights and Obligations between Spouses in Islam by Muhammad Mustafa al-Jibaly


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