Women not responding to their husbands
Al-Bukhari transmitted with his isnad from Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace said:
When a womar spends the night spurning her hus- band's bed, the angels curse her until she returns." In another variant: "When a man calls his wife to bed and she refuses to come, the angels curse her until morning." In a third variant in the Sahih of al-Bukhari: "When a man calls his wife to bed and she does not come and he spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morn ing."
Ibn Hajar said in al-Fath, "About the words of the Prophet, 'She refuses to come, Abu Awana adds in a variant, and he spends the night angry with her. It is through this addition that the curse occurs because it is by that that her rebellion is confirmed. which is not the case when he is not angry about it. It might be that he excuses her or that he abandons his right. Censure is only directed against her when she is the one who spurns him and he is angry about it, or he spurns her because she is wrong-doing and does not renounce her wrong action. If he is the one who begins wrongly to spurn her, then it is another case."
He also said, "This hadith carries in it permission to curse a Muslim who is disobeying Allah if it is done in order to alarm him so that he will not engage in the action concerned. If he does engage in it, then you should ask for repentance and guidance for him. It shows that the angels continue cursing the people of dis obedience as long as they are doing it. That, in turn, indicates that they also pray for the people of obedience as long as they are engaged in that. It also indicates that the angels' prayer for good or evil is accepted since he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was afraid of it.
"It guides women to helping their husbands and seeking to please them and it shows that men are less patient with regard to lack of sex than women, disclosing that the strongest cause of dis-
turbance for a man is his impulse for lawful sexual intercourse. That is why the Lawgiver made it mandatory for women to help men in respect of it.
"It also goes to show that continuing to obey Allah and being steadfast in worshipping Him is in itself a reward for His slave since Allah did not omit any of his rights or fail to have them taken care of, to the extent that He has even made the angels curse someone who angers His slave by denying one of his appetites. In the same way it is therefore obligatory for the slave to fulfil the rights his Lord has over him."
A woman going out without her husband's permission
Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with both him and his father. said:
"I saw a woman who came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "Messenger of Allah, what rights does a husband have over his wife?" He said, "His right over her is that she does not leave his house without his permission. If she does that, the angels of mercy and angels of anger curse her until she repents or returns."""
The hadith is related by Abu Dawud, at-Tabalisi and al- Bazzar.
Someone pointing at his brother with a weapon
Muslim related in his Sahih that Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace said:
"If someone points with a piece of iron at his brother.
the angels curse him until he puts it down, even if it is his full brother."
Scholars say that the words of the Prophet, "the angels curse him" is to emphasise the general prohibition against anyone. whether he is hostile or not, whether in jest or in earnest, because to alarm a Muslim is absolutely unlawful. The curse of the angels on anyone who does it shows how unlawful it is.
Ibn al-'Arabi said, "If someone who merely points with a weapon deserves the curse, then what about someone who actually strikes with one? The pointer merits the curse, as has already been stated, whether his pointing is just a threat or whether it is in earnest or in jest. Even a joker is punished when he causes fear in his brother, and it is clear that the wrong action of a joker is less than that of someone who is serious."
The curse of the angels demonstrates the unlawfulness of this action which makes his brother alarmed and through which Shay- tan might provoke him to kill his brother. This is particularly the case when the weapon concerned is one of these modern ones which can be discharged by the least error or unintentional touch. How many examples of this there are!