Imam Rida [a] narrated from his fathers from Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] from the Holy Prophet [s] who said: "Woe to the woman who makes her husband angry, and happy is the woman whose husband is pleasantly contented with her."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 8, p. 310

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "He who has two wives and does not treat justly in dividing his self and his wealth between them, he will be raised on the Resurrection Day while he is chained in punishment and half of his body is not straight until he enters Hell."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 7, p. 214

Imam Baqir [a] said: "He who takes a woman (marries) should certainly respect her, because the wife of anyone of you is a means of your pleasure, so the one who marries a woman should not spoil or disgrace her (by disregarding her respectable rights)."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 224

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "In any condition conciliate the wives, and talk with them warmly and through kind words, thereby, they may change their actions into good ones."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 223

Imam Musa ibn Ja'far [a] narrated from his father [a] from the Holy Prophet [s] who said: "However much the Faith of a man increases, his regard for women increases."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 228

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "From the things of the world, I regard women and perfume highly, but prayer is the light of my eyes, (the love and worship of Allah).

Al-Khisal, vol. 1, p. 183

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 76 p. 141

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The worst man is he who restricts his household."

Nur-ul-Absar Shablanjy

Wife And Pleasing Her Husband

Imam Baqir [a] said: "No intercessor for a woman, on the Reckoning Day, is more effective with Allah than the consent of her husband."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 81, p. 345

Imam Abi-l-Hassan-ir-Rida [a] narrates from Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] who said: The best women among you are those who have five qualities."

Amir ul Mu'mineen [a] was requested what those five were when he said:

1. She is easy-going, obedient, humble, and economical to her husband.
2. She is good tempered to him.
3. She is cooperative and helpful to him in difficulties.
4. Whenever her husband is angry or depressed, she does not rest until she finds him happy and pleased.
5. When her husband is absent from her, she protects his belongings in his absence.

Such a woman is an agent of the agents of Allah and the agent of Allah will not be disappointed, (she gains her correct hopes)."

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 324

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "Any woman who spends the night while her husband is rightfully angry with her, her prayer is not accepted from her until he becomes pleased with her."

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 507

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The right of a man upon (his) wife is: lighting the light, preparing food, receiving him at the threshold of the door of the house with pleasant conversation, and avoid refusing to offer herself to him except for the time there is an excuse."

Makarim-ul-Akhlaq, vol. 2, p. 246

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "A woman has not performed the right of Allah, Almighty and Glorious unless she performs the right of her husband."

Mustadrak-ul-Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 257

Imam Baqir [a] said: "Once a woman came to the Prophet [s] and said: "O' Messenger of Allah! What is the right of a husband upon his wife?" Then, he answered her: "That she obeys him and does not offend him!"

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 10, p. 527

Admirable Qualities of Wives

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "There is no (believing) woman who gives her husband a glass of water but it will be rewarded her better than the worship of one year during which she fasts on days and keeps vigil during the nights."

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 20, p. 172

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "It is to a woman to perfume herself with her best fragrances, wear her best clothes, and ornament herself with her best ornamentation in order to present herself available to her husband whether it is day or night."

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 508

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The Jihad (fighting in the way of Allah) of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband."

Nahjul-Balagha, saying No. 494

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Allah, Almighty and Glorious, has said: 'Had I willed to gather the good of this world and the next for a Muslim believer, I would set for the one a humble heart, a thankful tongue, and a body patient in afflictions. (To a man I would give) a pious wife whom when he looks at he is delighted and who (she) protects herself and his properties for him when he is away from her."

Usul-i-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 327

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "Intensively is cursed (by Allah) the woman who hurts her husband and makes him grievous, but intensively is prosperous the woman who respects her husband and does not hurt him while she does obey him in all conditions."

Bihar-uI-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 252

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Verily your best woman is she who is fertile, affectionate, keeps secrets, and is pious. She obeys her husband and is honourably dear among her kinsmen. When she is with her husband, she reveals her ornaments but conceals it from anyone other than him. She hearkens to his speech and obeys his commands. When she is in private, she dresses herself beautifully and is eager to offer him generously whatever he wants from her. She is usually ornamented (for him) and is not plain as men are."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 235

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "From the prosperity of a Muslim man is that he has a pious wife, a large (comfortable) house, a pleasant mount, and a righteous child."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 104, p. 98

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The Jihad (fighting in the way of Allah) of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband and the right of her husband over her is the greatest right of all people over her."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 256

Divorce and Its Effects

Allah (s.w.t.) said: "And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed time, then either retain them in good fellowship or set them free with liberality, and do not retain them for injury, so that you exceed the limits; and whoever does this, he indeed is unjust to his own soul; and do not take Allah's communications for a mockery, and remember the favor of Allah upon you, and that which He has revealed to you of the Book and the Wisdom, admonishing you thereby; and be careful (of your duty to) Allah, and know that Allah is the Knower of all things."

Sura Al-Baqarah, No. 2, Verse 231

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Marry and do not divorce because the Throne of heaven quakes from divorce."

Wasa'il ush Shiah, vol. 22, p. 9

Imam Sadiq [a] said: Allah, Almighty and Glorious, is pleased with the house wherein marriage takes place and is displeased with the house wherein divorce is found, and there is nothing with Allah more hateful than divorce."

Al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 54

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Certainly, Allah, Almighty and Glorious, dislikes or curses any man or woman whose intention of divorce or marriage is merely tasting the pleasure of it."

The Holy Prophet [s] repeated this statement three times to emphasize that any man who divorces his wife for a new marriage and tasting the pleasure of the new wed, as well as if any woman who demands her divorce for the same purpose and marries another man, is involved in the curse of Allah.

Al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 54

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The lady from the women of my Ummah who safely observes four traits deserves Heaven: if she protects her piety, obeys her husband, establishes her five cardinal prayers, and fasts in the month of Ramadan."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 104, p. 107