Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1853
حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى، قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ مُعَاذٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ سَجَدَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَا هَذَا يَا مُعَاذُ " . قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الشَّامَ فَوَافَقْتُهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ لأَسَاقِفَتِهِمْ وَبَطَارِقَتِهِمْ فَوَدِدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنْ نَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ بِكَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنِّي لَوْ كُنْتُ آمِرًا أَحَدًا أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ لأَمَرْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِزَوْجِهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لاَ تُؤَدِّي الْمَرْأَةُ حَقَّ رَبِّهَا حَتَّى تُؤَدِّيَ حَقَّ زَوْجِهَا وَلَوْ سَأَلَهَا نَفْسَهَا وَهِيَ عَلَى قَتَبٍ لَمْ تَمْنَعْهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Azhar ibn Marwan narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Ayyub, from al-Qasim al-Shaybani, from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, who said: When Mu‘adh returned from Syria, he prostrated to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, ‘What is this, Mu‘adh?’ Mu‘adh said, ‘I came to Syria and found them prostrating to their bishops and dignitaries. I wished in my heart that we might do that to you.’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Do not do that. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone other than Allah, I would command a woman to prostrate to her husband. By Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, a woman does not fulfill her Lord’s right until she fulfills her husband’s right. Even if he asks her for herself while she is on a camel saddle, she should not refuse him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
‘Asks her for herself’ preserves the source’s euphemistic expression for a husband seeking sexual relations; ‘on a camel saddle’ is retained literally.