she returns.’ After hearing this, the woman commented, ‘It is better that I never marry.’ (Majma’-uz-Zawāid, vol. 4, pp. 563, Ḥadīš 7638)
A lady رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا came to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and introduced herself, ‘I am so and so, the daughter of so and so.’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘I know who you are, what is it you need?’ She answered, ‘I came to ask about my so and so pious cousin who is a son of my paternal uncle.’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم responded, ‘I recognise him too, i.e. tell what you want?’ She said, ‘He has proposed to me, please teach me the duties of a wife, if I can fulfil them, then I will marry him.’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم answered, ‘One part of a husband’s rights is that if blood or pus flow from both his nostrils and his wife licks it with her tongue, she still would not have fulfilled her duties to him. If it was acceptable for one human to prostrate to another, then I would command a woman to prostrate to her husband when he comes home from somewhere and appears in front of her, because this is the excellence that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has granted to men.’ When she heard this, she said, ‘I swear by Him who has sent you with the truth, I will never marry for as long as I live.’ (Bazāz and Ḥākim reported this on the authority of Sayyidunā Abū Ĥurayraĥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ.) (Al-Mustadrak lil-Ḥākim, vol. 2, pp, 47, Ḥadīš 2822)
A gentleman (رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ) came to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم with his daughter (رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا) and said, ‘My daughter is refusing to marry.’ The Prophet of Raḥmaĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم instructed her, ‘Obey your father.’ The woman (رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا) replied, ‘I swear by the One Who sent you with the truth, I will not marry until you teach me the rights of the husband over his wife.’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم