Is it acceptable to entertain the claim of one who alleges the weakness of the hadith, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband," or is it an error and a fabrication against the Prophet's hadiths made without knowledge?
The article titled: "The Husband's Right Over His Wife is a Grand Lie to Enslave Her" is fallacious and invalid. How can a Muslim who reads the Qur'an deny that a husband has rights over his wife, just as she has rights over him? Allah Almighty said: "And due to them [the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable, but the men have a degree over them." The Sharia has obligated the man to treat his wife with kindness, as Allah Almighty said: "And live with them in kindness." The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The best of you is the best to his family, and I am the best of you to my family," and he said: "The most complete in faith among believers is the one with the best character, and the best of you are the best to their women," and his saying, peace be upon him: "Treat women kindly." So how can a man not have rights over his wife? And what harm is there to a woman in obeying her husband in what is reasonable? Indeed, denying what is authentically reported in the Sunnah without a valid interpretation is a deviation and an innovation in religion.
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