Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands

Question:

Is this narration authentic?

Narrated Qays ibn Sa’d:

I went to al-Hirah and saw them (the people) prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, so I said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) has most right to have prostration made before him. When I came to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), I said: I went to al-Hirah and saw them prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, but you have most right, Messenger of Allah, that we prostrate before you. He (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) replied: ‘Tell me, if you were to pass my grave, would you prostrate yourself before it?’ I said: ‘No.’ He then said: ‘Do not do so. If I were to command anyone to make prostration before another I would command women to prostrate themselves before their husbands, because of the special right over them given to husbands by Allah.

Answer:

Imam Abu Dawud (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith.

(Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith: 2133)

Imam Hakim (rahimahullah) has declared the Hadith authentic and ‘Allamah Dhahabi (rahimahullah) concurs.

(Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 2 pg. 187. Also see: Targhib, vol. 3 pg. 55)

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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