The Basic Rights & Duties

Of A Husband Towards
His Wife
Compiled Through the Blessings of Ghaus-ul-
Waqt Huzoor Mufti-e-Azam Hind ؓ◌

By a humble servant of Allah

Muhammad Afthab Cassim al-Qaadiri
Razvi Noori

[Noori Sisters Series Book 2]

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Islamic Date : Muharram 1440

English Date : October 2018

Compiler: Muhammad Afthab Cassim al- Qaadiri Razvi Noori

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 Compiler’s Note

All Praise is due to Allah, Durood and Salaams upon our Beloved Rasool 
and upon his Noble family, and Illustrious Companions, and upon the
Ulama e Haq Ahle Sunnat wal Jama’at, and all those who will follow the
path of righteousness until the last day.

You have before you the booklet ‘The Basic Rights & Duties of a Husband
towards His Wife’. This is a new project of the Imam Mustafa Raza Research
Centre, wherein booklets on simple yet important topics are extracted
from Books like Bahaar e Shariat, and then presented to you the reader, for
simple and easy reading. This booklet is essential for all our brothers and
sisters.

This booklet is Book Two in the ‘Noori Sisters Series’. I pray that the readers
benefit from this and from the booklets which are to follow in this series.

It is my sincere Dua that Almighty Allah, through the Wasila of Nabi

Kareem  blesses us all with firmness in Imaan and sincerity in A’maal.
Aameen

Sag-e-Mufti-e-Azam
Muhammad Afthab Cassim al Qaadiri Razvi Noori

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Just as Almighty Allah has made some duties of the wife towards the
husband, he has also made some duties of the husband towards his
wife. To fulfil these duties is an obligation and means of great
blessing.

Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran, There are rights of the
husband upon the wife just as there are rights of the wife upon the
husband, with kindness.

The Beloved Rasool  said, The best amongst you are those who are
kind towards their wives. [Mishkaat Shareef, Volume 2 Page 280]

It is also mentioned in the Hadith Shareef that

No believing man should harbour any hatred and ill-feeling towards

a believing women, for if any of her actions seem bad, then she also
has in her traits of goodness. [Mishkaat Volume, 2 page 280]

This Hadith means, that if a wife has some shortcomings in her, then
it does mean that everything about her is not good. She definitely
has some good qualities as well. The husband should thus praise her
good qualities and try to rectify her shortcomings.

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 Some of a Husband’s Duties
Towards His Wife

• It is the responsibility upon every husband, to provide for her

food, clothes, house and all other provisions. One must
always think that she is a servant of Allah who is in my Nikah,
and she has left her parents and everything else for me. She
should thus be properly taken care of.

• It is also necessary for the husband to fulfil his right as the

husband towards his wife, in the sense of satisfying her
womanly desires, so that she does not turn towards sin and
adultery. This, thus means that the husband should not stay
away from his wife for lengthy periods of time.

• A man should not separate his bed from his wife without
reason. Yes, if she acts contrary to his command or against
the Shariah intentionally, then he may do so.

• This however, should not be to cause her pain and torment,

but so that she may realise her wrong doing. It is in the books
of Fiqh that a husband may caution his wife by separating his
bed etc.

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• If She refuses to dress neatly and beautify herself for him

• Her husband desires her and she refuses without valid

reasons

• She does not take Ghusl after intimacy or after her menstrual
periods etc.

• She does not perform her Namaaz (Salaah) or any other Fard
Ibaadat without a valid reason.

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 Some Advice To A Husband

• A man should never look at another woman with evil

intention and should never praise the beauty of other women
to his wife, and no wife should praise the handsomeness of
another man before her husband.

• The husband must correct the mistakes of his wife and if she
does not accept, then he may be strict.

• When going on a journey, the husband should inform his

wife, and show her affection, and comfort her before he
leaves on a journey.

• When the wife cooks him a meal, he should not criticize what
she has made, but should eat it to please her. If there is
something that he does not like he should tell her with love
and respect, and not mock or hurt her feelings.

• If she becomes ill, then it is necessary for him to care and

comfort her, so that she is able to feel that he loves and cares
for her.

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• He should have faith and trust in his wife and she should have
the same faith and trust in him. Both should not false accuse
one another, as this leads to the breakup of the marriage and
is a sinful act.

• The husband should also always be clean and dress well when
with his wife. He should not embarrass her or shout and
threaten her in the presence of others.

• The husband should not shout at and scold his wife for petty
issues and neither should the wife pick on him over petty
issues.

• If there is any dispute between the husband and the wife,

they should try to resolve this by themselves amicably, and if
it is not resolved, then it should be put before the elders for
advice.

• A man should never be hasty in giving Talaaq to his wife. He

should let his anger subside before he makes any decision. He
must think with a calm mind.

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• The Beloved Rasool  said, ‘Amongst those things which are
Halaal, the one most disliked by Allah is Talaaq. [Abu Dawood]

• If a person has more than one wife (not more than four), then
he must be just (fair) with all of them, and care for them
equally. To take care of one and neglect the others is a sin.