Narrated by Abu Hurairah
May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night and prays, and wakes his wife; if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. May Allah have mercy on a woman who gets up at night and prays, and wakes her husband; if he refuses, she sprinkles water on his face.
Sunan Abi Dawud 1308, Sunan an-Nasa'i 1610
What this hadith teaches
Helping each other to worship is one of the best things in a marriage.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Hasan (al-Albani)
- Narrator
- Abu Hurairah
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
رَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّى وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِنْ أَبَتْ نَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِهَا الْمَاءَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأَةً قَامَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّتْ وَأَيْقَظَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَإِنْ أَبَى نَضَحَتْ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْمَاءَ
Arabic text of Sunan Abi Dawud 1308, as given on sunnah.com.