Reward for Women.

Hazrath Asma bint Yazid Ansari(rali) came to the Prophet(sal) and said "O, Prophet of Allah! you are dearer to me than my parents, my muslim women have deputed me as their representative to talk to you on their behalf. Verily you are the Prophet of Allah for both men and women, we remain pinned to our duties of fulfilling the sexual desires of men, bearing children and looking after their homes not withstanding all this, men excel us in getting rewards for things, which we are unable to do. They go and say their salaat and weekly jumu'ah in the masjid, visit the sick, attend funerals, perform hajj after hajj and above all fight in the way of Allah. When they go for hajj or jihad, we look after their property, bring up their children and weave clothes for them. Do we not share their rewards with them?"

The Prophet(sal) addressing the shahabah sitting around him said:" Did you ever hear a woman asking a better question?"

Shahabah replied:" O Prophet of Allah! we never thought that a woman would ever put such a question."

Prophet(sal) addressing, Asma said:" Listen attentively, and then go and tell the ladies who have sent you that when a woman seeks the pleasure of her husband and carries her domestic functions to his satisfaction, she gets the same reward as the men get for all their services to Allah."

Hadhrat Asma(rali) returned very happily after getting this reply to her question.

Obedience to and good behaviour towards husbands is a very great asset for the women, provided they know its value.

The Shahabah once said to the Prophet(sal):" In foreign countries, people prostrate before their kings and cheifs, you deserve such reverence much more."


He said:" No, if it were permissible to prostrate before anybody besides Allah, I would ask the women to prostrate before their husbands."


He then said," By him who has my life in His hand, a woman cannot do what she owes to Allah until she has done what she owes to her husband".


The following is reported to have said by Prophet(sal):

"A woman whose husband is pleased with her at the time of her death goes straight tp Paradise".

"A woman is cursed by angels if her husband is displeased with her, and she stays away from him in anger for the night".

"The salaat of 2 persons hardly rises beyond their heads in its flight to heaven. These 2 persons are a runnaway slave and a disobedient wife".