It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am so-and-so, the daughter of so-and-so." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have recognised you. What is your need?" She said: "My need concerns my cousin, so-and-so, the worshipper." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I know him (as well)." She said: "He has proposed to me, so tell me what right a husband has over his wife. If it is a right I can fulfil, I will marry him; otherwise I will not marry." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The right of a husband over his wife is that if blood, pus and fluid were flowing from his nostrils and she licked it with her tongue, even then she would not have fulfilled his right. And if it were permissible for any human being to prostrate to another human being, I would have commanded a woman to prostrate to her husband when he comes in to her, because of the superiority Allah has given him (the husband) over her (the wife)." She said: "By the One who sent you with the truth, I will never marry as long as I remain in this world." This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Husayn bin Mihsan narrates from his paternal aunt that she came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for some need, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O woman, do you have a husband?" She said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How are you with him?" She said: "I spare no effort in serving him, except in what I am unable to do." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Consider how you are towards him, for he is your Paradise and your Hell." This narration has been transmitted in the same way by Imam Malik bin Anas, Hammad bin Zayd and al-Darawardi from Yahya bin Sa'id, and it is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to permit anyone into her husband's house when he dislikes it, nor to go out without his consent, nor to obey anyone (against her husband) in the affairs of the house, nor to be harsh and ill-spoken towards him, nor to keep away from his bed, nor to strike him (or cause him harm). If the husband is the one more in the wrong, she should go to him until she pleases him. If he accepts (reconciliation) from her, that is excellent, and Allah will accept her excuse, make her case clear, and there will be no sin upon her. But if the husband refuses to be pleased, then she has conveyed her excuse to Allah (that is, she is absolved)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.