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Impact of Observance of Family Members' Rights… M.M. Safouraei Parizi (83

                  the best possible manner            know  her  husband's  rights,
                  and make herself available          the Prophet said:

                  for  her  husband  like  an            “She  must  not  deny  him
                  elegantly walking peacock.             her  body,  even  if  she  is
                  Then he says, if she does              on the  back  of a  camel”.

                  so, she has only honored               (Ibid)
                  her husband's rights while
                  her  husband's  rights  are            This  injunction  signifies

                  more than this. She must            the importance of fulfilling
                  wear  the  best  of  her            man's sexual needs.
                  perfumes and clothes and                2.  The Right to Control

                  adorn herself in the best                  Woman's  going  out
                  manner and submit herself                  and coming back Home
                  to  her  husband  during            The  mandatory  rule  that  a

                  the  day  and  night  and           woman can leave her home
                  her  husband's  rights  is          on the condition that she gets
                  more than that. (Hurr Amili,        her husband's permission is
                  1991, Vol. 14: 8)                   based     on     incontestable

                                                      traditions     and     reports.
                  When  it  comes  to  man's
               desire  for  woman  and  the           There  are  many  traditions

               latter's  obedience  to  him,          in the Shia sources making
               the  Prophet  of  God  has  a          reference to the same point.
               very amazing order. Replying           Similar traditions have been

               to  a  question  asked  by  a          narrated  in  Sunni  sources.
               woman  who  wished  to                 (Ref:  Haythami,  1991,
                                                      Vol. 4: 313)
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