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discuss later with divorce in Islam. although she would be punished.
Another positive duty enjoined on the husband is that of
spending leisure time
with
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his wife because this creates happiness
reported that she accompanied the
messenger of Allah on a journey. She said. "I had a race with him
and beat. him (b yýrunning on my feet). When I became fleshy, I
had a race with him and he beat me.,, He said, This is because of that
race. 11 1 This is an example of how the Prophet treated his wife
at times in order to give her comfort and enjoyment.
What has been discussed so far are the wife's rights which are
regarded as the husband's duties towards her. Now we can turn
to the other components of the wife's marital role in which her duties
will be at the same time. the husbands rights. The main duty of the
wife in Islam as a partner in married life is to contribute to the
happiness and comfort of the marriage as well as possible, as the
Qurlan makes clear in this verse:
"And those who pray, "Our Lordl Grant unto us wives
and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes. " 2
The wife must be faithful, virtuous, and honest; she must obey her
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husband in what is right. as the Prophet said, "No obedience is
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due to a creature in disobedience to the Creator. " The husband
must be obeyed above anybody else unless this obedience is contrary
to the laws of Islam in which case the wife has the full right not to
obey him.
This is the basis on which all the wife's obligations rest and
from which they flow. More specifically, she must not allow any
strange men to enter her home without her husband's knowledge, nor leave
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home without his permission. Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet
said., "It was not possible for any woman who believes in Allah to
1'. Ibid
2. Q. 25,74
3. Imran, op. cit., P. 52
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