THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

6. The Rights of Husband and Wife ~ 132 ~ this matter. This has been expressed in the following verse of the Qur’an: Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband’s) absence what God would have them guard.113 The responsibilities of woman as regards man described by the Qur’an and sunnah are in complete accord with this feminine nature. If a woman’s nature is alive and she wishes to lead her life as a realist, she will not find any strangeness in the teachings of Islam; rather she will accept them as if they were the voice of her own heart. Here I would present these teachings of Islam in brief under different headings. 113. Qur’an, 4:34. OBEDIENCE The Qur’an says that “the righteous women are devoutly obedient.”114 The word qanitat (obedient women) has been interpreted by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas as meaning women who are obedient to their husbands.115 That is, the righteous women in