And a curse is pronounced only for committing a major prohibited act or for neglecting a definite obligation.

4 – Good companionship and sound marital life consist in the wife’s striving to discharge her husband’s obligatory rights, to meet his wishes, and to do so in the best manner possible.

5 – The Wise Lawgiver attached this stern warning to the wife who disobeys her husband because of the evils that ensue. When a man—especially a young man—cannot find what is lawful, Satan tempts him to fall into the unlawful; his religion and character are ruined, his offspring corrupted, and his home and family destroyed.

6 – The righteous wife is the one Allah describes: “So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in the husband’s absence what Allah would have them guard” (al-Nisāʾ 4:34); and the one the Prophet ﷺ portrays when he says, “The best of women is she who, when you look at her, pleases you; when you command her, she obeys you; and when you are absent, she safeguards you with regard to herself and your wealth.”

7 – The ḥadith proves the permissibility of cursing sinners even when they are Muslims. Mentioning that the angels curse her is meant to deter her from persisting in disobedience and to warn others against committing the same offense.

8 – The ḥadith obligates the wife to comply whenever her husband calls her to his bed, with no restriction as to time or frequency, save where compliance would harm her or prevent her from another duty.

As for timing, Aḥmad and Ibn Mājah have related, on the authority of ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Awfā, that the Prophet ﷺ said: “A woman does not discharge the right of her Lord until she has discharged the right of her husband; even if he asks for her while she is seated on a saddle, she must not refuse.”

Al-Rawḍ and other works state: The husband is obliged—if able—to have marital relations at least once every four months when the wife requests it, for Allah set that period for the one who swears abstinence (al-mūlī), and the same principle applies here. The Shaykh held that the obligatory intercourse is according to her need and his ability, just as he must provide her food according to her need and his means. Causing harm to the wife by withholding intercourse constitutes grounds