Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1951
Arabic hadith text
عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ عَامَ حُجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ: «لَا تُنْفِقُ امْرَأَةٌ شَيْئًا مِنْ بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا» . قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَا الطَّعَامَ؟ قَالَ: «ذَلِكَ أفضل أَمْوَالنَا» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Translation
Abu Umamah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say in his sermon during the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage: ‘A woman must not give away anything from her husband’s home without her husband’s permission.’ He was asked: ‘Not even food, Messenger of Allah?’ He replied: ‘That is our best property.’ Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it.