‹እኔ አንድን ሰው በሌላ ሰው ፊት እንዲሰግድ ባዝዝ ኖሮ፣ የማዘው ሴቶች በባሎቻቸው ፊት እንዲሰግዱ ነበር ይህም በአላህ በተደነገገው ወንዶች በሴቶች ላይ ባላቸው መብት ነው› Mishkat al-Masabih, English translation, Section 'Duties of husband and wife', Hadith No.
"Had I ordered anybody to prostrate before any one, I would have ordered women to prostrate themselves before their husbands on account of men's rights over the women as ordered by Allah." (49 Mishkat al-Masabih, English translation, Book 1, Section 'Duties of husband and wife', Hadith No. 70.