then a nūn—that is, “they became bold.” His ﷺ expression “aṭāfa” means “encircled.”

285 – ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The world is a possession, and the best possession in it is a righteous woman.” Related by Muslim.

35 – Chapter: The Husband’s Right over the Wife

Allah the Exalted says: “Men are caretakers of women(1) because Allah has favored some of them over others and because they spend of their wealth(2). So righteous women are devoutly obedient(3), guarding in the husband’s absence what Allah would have them guard.” [al-Nisāʾ 34].

286 – Among the narrations on this subject is the hadith of ʿAmr ibn al-Aḥwaṣ mentioned in the previous chapter.

287 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If a man calls his wife to his bed and she does not come, so he passes the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning.” Agreed upon.

In another version recorded by both of them: “When a woman spends the night away from her husband’s bed, the angels curse her until morning.”

And in yet another narration he ﷺ said, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, no man who calls…"