Is the hadith, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband," authentic? And what is the reason for Al-Albani's differing descriptions of its chain of narration between "its narrators are good and trustworthy" and "its narrators are sound and trustworthy" in Al-Silsilah Al-Sahihah? And what is the difference between the sayings "hasan sahih" and "sahih"?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The is authentic. It was authenticated by Al-Tirmidhi and Al-Hakim, and Al-Dhahabi concurred. Al-Haythami said concerning one of the narrations from Ahmad and Al-Bazzar: "Its narrators are narrators of the ." Al-Albani mentioned six chains of transmission for the hadith, some of which have an authentic , and the totality of the narrations confirms the authenticity of the hadith.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/57854
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 57854
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy