أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قِيلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيُّ النِّسَاءِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: الَّتِي تَسُرُّهُ إِذَا نَظَرَ، وَتُطِيعُهُ إِذَا أَمَرَ، وَلَا تُخَالِفُهُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَمَالِهَا بِمَا يَكْرَهُ

Book [26]: The book of marriage
Chapter [14]: Which women is best?

Ḥadīth [3231]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Hurayrah [d. 57H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) said: It was said to the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him): ‘Which woman is best?’ He said: “The one who makes him happy when he looks at her, obeys him when he commands her, and she does not go against his wishes with regard to herself, nor her wealth.”

❶ She should welcome him with clean clothes and a smiling face.
❷ When the husband calls her to fulfill his sexual desire, she should be readily available and give him open-hearted permission to use her wealth.

• Reference: [3233 (3/299), Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Maktabah Bayt-us-Salām (Ur)]

Translated by ‘Imrān (Germany)

A society with no harmony between a husband and wife cannot remain peaceful. If both were to hold equal status, the likelihood of harmony would be minimal. Therefore, the wife has been placed subordinate to the husband, because the superiority of the male in terms of masculinity is inherently and practically acknowledged. Thus, the best wife is one who remains obedient to her husband so that society can become an example of a Paradise. In a society where men and women hold equal status, it is common to witness social restlessness and marital breakdown.

• Reference: [7851 (6/579), Fatḥur Rabbānī, Ansarus Sunnah Publications, Lahore (Ur)]

Translated by Umm Rumayṣā’

• Musnad Aḥmad (7421 (12/383-385), 9587 (15/360) & 9658 (15/411)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ]
• Musnad Aḥmad (7415 (7/223-224), 9553 (9/252) & 9622 (9/273-274)) [Aḥmad Shākir]
• Nasā’ī’s Sunan al-Kubrā (5324 (5/161) & 8912 (8/184))
• Al-Mustadrak ‘alā aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥayn (2715-2716 (3/553)))

Non-primary books:

• Al-Musnad al-Jāmi’ (13555 (17/232))
• Tuḥfatul Ashrāf (13058 (9/307-308))
• Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (3272)
• Silsilah Aḥādīth aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah (1838 (4/453-455))
• Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (6225 (8/704-705))
• Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (6225 (2/669))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Mu’asassah ar-Risalah (Sunan an-Nasā’ī (3231 (1/767)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir (Musnad Aḥmad)
• Ḥasan by Shaykh Dr. Ḍiyā’-ur-Raḥmān al-‘Aẓamī (Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil)
• Ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan an-Nasā’ī (3231 (1/500)))
• Ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan an-Nasā’ī (3233 (3/299)))
• Isnād ḥasan by Shaykh al-Albānī (Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (3272 (2/976)))
• Isnād ḥasan by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan an-Nasā’ī (3233 (1/624)) & Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (3272 (2/337)))
• Isnād qawī by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Musnad Aḥmad)
• Isnād qawī by Mu’asassah ar-Resālah (Al-Mustadrak ‘alā aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥayn)

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