حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلَّالُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ شَبِيبِ بْنِ غَرْقَدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَحْوَصِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَی عَلَيْهِ وَذَکَّرَ وَوَعَظَ فَذَکَرَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةً فَقَالَ أَلَا وَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَائِ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّمَا هُنَّ عَوَانٌ عِنْدَکُمْ لَيْسَ تَمْلِکُونَ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ ذَلِکَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ فَإِنْ فَعَلْنَ فَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَکُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا أَلَا إِنَّ لَکُمْ عَلَی نِسَائِکُمْ حَقًّا وَلِنِسَائِکُمْ عَلَيْکُمْ حَقًّا فَأَمَّا حَقُّکُمْ عَلَی نِسَائِکُمْ فَلَا يُوطِئْنَ فُرُشَکُمْ مَنْ تَکْرَهُونَ وَلَا يَأْذَنَّ فِي بُيُوتِکُمْ لِمَنْ تَکْرَهُونَ أَلَا وَحَقُّهُنَّ عَلَيْکُمْ أَنْ تُحْسِنُوا إِلَيْهِنَّ فِي کِسْوَتِهِنَّ وَطَعَامِهِنَّ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمَعْنَی قَوْلِهِ عَوَانٌ عِنْدَکُمْ يَعْنِي أَسْرَی فِي أَيْدِيکُمْ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1163
Sulaiman bin Amr bin Al-Ahwas said: “My father narrated to me that he witnessed the farewell Hajj with the Messenger of Allah. So he thanked and praised Allah and he reminded and gave admonition. He mentioned a story in his narration and he (the Prophet) said: “And indeed I order you to be good to the women, for they are but captives with you over whom you have no power than that, except if they come with manifest Fahishah (evil behavior). If they do that, then abandon their beds and beat them with a beating that is not harmful. And if they obey you then you have no cause against them. Indeed you have rights over your women, and your women have rights over you. As for your rights over your women, then they must not allow anyone whom you dislike to treat on your bedding (furniture), nor to admit anyone in your home that you dislike. And their rights over you are that you treat them well in clothing them and feeding them.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020