the sister of Ukāsha, in a report traced back to the Prophet. Al-Tirmidhī said: “It is a good, singular, authentic hadith.”

244 – (A man asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “O Messenger of Allah, what right does the wife of one of us have over him?” He replied, “Feed her when you eat and clothe her when you clothe yourself. Do not strike her face, do not revile her, and do not forsake her except within the home.” Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Hibbān in his Sahīh.) p. 196

Authentic. It is documented in al-Irwā’ (2033).

245 – (In a Prophetic hadith: “It is sin enough for a man to neglect those whom he supports.” Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasā’ī, and al-Hākim.) p. 196

Weak in this wording. Muslim narrated it with the wording: “…to withhold sustenance from those whose provision is in his hands.” The author of Manār al-Sabīl attributed the wording cited in the book to Muslim, but this is an error, as I explained in Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (894).

246 – (He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah to permit anyone to enter her husband’s house when he objects, to leave when he objects, to obey anyone in defiance of him, to withdraw from his bed, or to strike him (if she is physically stronger than he is). If he has been the more unjust, let her approach him until she appeases him. If he accepts her overture, then all is well and good: Allah accepts her excuse and causes her case to prevail (that is, makes it manifest). If he remains unsatisfied, she has fully established her excuse before Allah.” Al-Hākim.) p. 197

Weak. Al-Hākim (4/190) narrated it—and through him al-Bayhaqī (7/293)—by way of Shuayb ibn Razīq al-Tā’ifī, who said: Atā al-Khurāsānī narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Yukhāmir al-Saksakī, from Muādh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabī rejected this, saying: “I say: Rather, it is objectionable, and its chain of transmission is