It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I am the daughter of so-and-so." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have recognised you; tell me, what do you need?" She said: "My need is that my paternal cousin so-and-so is a great worshipper." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have recognised him too." She said: "He is proposing marriage to me, so tell me: what is the right of the husband over the wife? If it is a right I am able to bear, I will marry him, and if I am not able, I will not marry." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of the husband's right over the wife is that if blood, pus and purulent fluid were flowing from his body and the wife licked it with her tongue, she still would not have fulfilled his right. And if it were permissible for a human being to prostrate to another human being, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband when he comes in to her, because of the superiority that Allah Almighty has granted him (the husband) over the wife." The woman said: "By the One who sent you with the truth! As long as I remain alive in this world, I will never marry." Imam al-Hakim said that the chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he went to Syria and saw the Christians prostrating to their bishops, priests and patriarchs, and he saw the Jews prostrating to their rabbis, their scholars of the Torah, their learned men and their jurists. He said (to them): "Why do you do this?" They replied: "This is the greeting (form of salutation) of the Prophets (peace be upon them)." Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then we are more entitled to do this with our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They have lied against their Prophets just as they distorted their Book. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband, because of his great right over her. And no woman can find the sweetness of faith until she fulfils the right of her husband, such that even if her husband asks her for herself while she is on a camel's saddle, she should not refuse." Imam al-Hakim said that this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Abdullah bin Buraydah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Buraydah, may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Show me a sign by which my certainty will increase." The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call that tree." He called it, and the tree walked over until it greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to it: "Go back." So it went back. The narrator says: Then that man asked his (peace and blessings be upon him) permission and kissed his head and feet. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband." Imam al-Hakim said that the chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim did not record it.