t said: “Any woman whose husband is pleased with her when she dies enters Paradise.” […]
If this doesn’t work, he should move to the phrase of “abandonment,” which refers to sleeping in separate beds. Abandonment could mean that he would sleep in a separate room, wouldn’t talk to her, and so on. If abandonment doesn’t work, we move to beating, but as the religious scholars have said, beating in this case is not the kind that draws blood or breaks teeth. They said it is similar to beating with the edge of his garment or a toothpick. But as you said, some people misunderstood this, and so, many poor women had their legs broken. […]
The Prophet said: “If I were to order anybody to bow before anyone, I would order the wife to bow before her husband.” The husband’s rights are very great. Therefore, according to a reliable Hadith, a woman said: “Oh Prophet of Allah, I will not marry before you tell me what my husband’s rights from me are.” The Prophet said: “Do you really want to know?” She said: “Yes.” He said: “If pus or blood comes out of your husband’s nose and you lick is up, you still will not have observed all his rights.” The rights of the husband are great, and you must observe them.
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