Imam Ali (a.) said:,,The Messenger of God (s.) came in to us and Fatima (a.) was sitting at the cooking pot and I was cleaning the lentils. He then said: ,,O Abu l-Hasan” I said: ,,I am at your service, o Messenger of God.” He said: ,,Listen to me and I only say what my Lord has commanded me. There is no man, who helps his wife in her house except, that he gets (a reward) for every hair on his body as if he had performed a year of worship of which he fasted during the day and stayed awake during the night and God gives him the same reward as He gave to the patient ones, David the Prophet, Yaqub and Jesus, peace be upon them. O Ali, he who is at the service of the family in the house and does not reject it because of pride, then God, exalted is He, writes his name in the register of martyrs and God writes down for him for every day and for every night the reward of a thousand martyrs and for every step a pilgrimage and God, exalted is He, gives him for every vein on his body a city in Paradise. O Ali, one moment in the service of the family is better than a thousand years of worship and a thousand pilgrimages and better than freeing a thousand slaves, a thousand war campaigns, a thousand visitations to the sick, a thousand Friday prayers, a thousand funeral processions, a thousand feeding the hungry, clothing a thousand naked, lining a thousand horses in the path of God and it is better for him than donating a thousand dinars to the poor and it is better for him than the Torah, the Bible, the Psalms and to read the differentiation and to free thousand prisoners of war whom he has captured and it is better for him than to slaughter thousand cows and camels in Mecca for the poor and he does not leave this world without seeing his place in Paradise. O Ali, he who is of service to the family in the house and does not reject on the basis of pride, enters Paradise without accountability. O Ali, serving the family is atonement for the great sins and extinguishes the wrath of the Lord and is the morning gift for the women of Paradise and he increases his good deeds and rises higher in the ranks. O Ali, only the lover of truth, the martyr and the man with whom God intends good in this world and the hereafter is at the service of the family.” [Jami’ al-Akhbar Volume 1 Page 102]

‎دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اَللهِ صَلَّى اَللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ فَاطِمَةُ جَالِسَةٌ عِنْدَ اَلْقِدْرِ وَ أَنَا أُنَقِّي اَلْعَدَسَ قَالَ يَا أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اَللهِ قَالَ اِسْمَعْ مِنِّي وَ مَا أَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُعِينُ اِمْرَأَتَهُ فِي بَيْتِهَا إِلاَّ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ عَلَى بَدَنِهِ عِبَادَةُ سَنَةٍ صِيَامٍ نَهَارُهَا وَ قِيَامٍ لَيْلُهَا وَ أَعْطَاهُ اَللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ اَلثَّوَابِ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَاهُ اَللهُ اَلصَّابِرِينَ وَ دَاوُدَ اَلنَّبِيَّ وَ يَعْقُوبَ وَ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَا عَلِيُّ مَنْ كَانَ فِي خِدْمَةِ اَلْعِيَالِ فِي اَلْبَيْتِ وَ لَمْ يَأْنَفْ كَتَبَ اَللهُ تَعَالَى اِسْمَهُ فِي دِيوَانِ اَلشُّهَدَاءِ وَ كَتَبَ اَللهُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ لَيْلَةٍ ثَوَابَ أَلْفِ شَهِيدٍ وَ كَتَبَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ قَدَمٍ ثَوَابَ حِجَّةٍ وَ عُمْرَةٍ وَ أَعْطَاهُ اَللهُ تَعَالَى بِكُلِّ عِرْقٍ فِي جَسَدِهِ مَدِينَةً فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ يَا عَلِيُّ سَاعَةٌ فِي خِدْمَةِ اَلْعِيَالِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ وَ أَلْفِ حَجٍّ وَ أَلْفِ عُمْرَةٍ وَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِتْقِ أَلْفِ رَقَبَةٍ وَ أَلْفِ غَزْوَةٍ وَ أَلْفِ عِيَادَةِ مَرِيضٍ وَ أَلْفِ جُمُعَةٍ وَ أَلْفِ جَنَازَةٍ وَ أَلْفِ جَائِعٍ يُشْبِعُهُمْ وَ أَلْفِ عَارٍ يَكْسُوهُمْ وَ أَلْفِ فَرَسٍ يُوَجِّهُهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اَللهِ وَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ يَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى اَلْمَسَاكِينِ وَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ اَلتَّوْرَاةَ وَ اَلْإِنْجِيلَ وَ اَلزَّبُورَ وَ اَلْفُرْقَانَ وَ مِنْ أَلْفِ أَسِيرٍ أَسَرَ فَأَعْتَقَهَا وَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَلْفِ بَدَنَةٍ يُعْطِي لِلْمَسَاكِينِ وَ لاَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ اَلدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَرَى مَكَانَهُ مِنَ اَلْجَنَّةِ يَا عَلِيُّ مَنْ لَمْ يَأْنَفْ مِنْ خِدْمَةِ اَلْعِيَالِ دَخَلَ اَلْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ يَا عَلِيُّ خِدْمَةُ اَلْعِيَالِ كَفَّارَةٌ لِلْكَبَائِرِ وَ يُطْفِئُ غَضَبَ اَلرَّبِّ وَ مُهُورُ حُورِ اَلْعِينِ وَ يَزِيدُ فِي اَلْحَسَنَاتِ وَ اَلدَّرَجَاتِ يَا عَلِيُّ لاَ يَخْدُمُ اَلْعِيَالَ إِلاَّ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ أَوْ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ اَللهُ بِهِ خَيْرَ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ اَلْآخِرَةِ

Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: ,,Umm Salamah asked the Prophet (s.) about the excellence of women in serving their husbands.” He (s.) said: ,,There is no woman, who carries anything from one place to another in the house of her husband while having wellbeing in her mind, except that God will look at her. Whoever God has looked at, He does not punish.” Umm Salamah (r.) said: ,,May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, tell me more about the reward of humble women.” He (s.) said: ,,O Umm Salamah, when the woman becomes pregnant, the reward is due to her, like of someone who with his own self and possessions, made the effort in the way of God.” When she gives birth, she is told: ,,You have been forgiven for your sins, start your deeds all over again.” When she breastfeeds her child, she will be awarded for each breastfeeding, the reward like helping a slave to be freed from the children of Isma`īl.” [Al-Amali of At-Tusi, page 618, Hadith 1273]

‎عن أبي المفضل، بإسناده عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) , قال سألت أم سلمة رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) عن فضل النساء في خدمةأزواجهن، فقال (صلى الله عليه و آله): ‎« ما من امرأة رفعت من بيت زوجها شيئا من موضع إلى موضع تريد به صلاحا إلا نظر الله إليها، ومن نظر الله إليه لم يعذبه »فقالت أم سلمة )رضي الله عنها( زدني في النساء المساكين من الثواب بأبي أنت و أمي. ‎فقال(صلى الله عليه و آله :« يا أم سلمة، إن المرأة إذا حملت كان لها من الأجر كمن جاهد بنفسه و ماله في سبيل الله )عز و جل(، فإذاوضعت قيل لها قد غفر لك ذنبك فاستأنفي العمل، فإذا أرضعت فلها بكل رضعة تحرير رقبة من ولد إسماعيل »

Ibn Al-Qaddah reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: ,,The wife of Uthman Ibn Maz’un came to the Prophet Muhammad (s.) and said: ,,O Messenger of God, Uthman is fasting all day and is in prayer all night.” Thereupon the Messenger (s.) went on his way in anger, wearing his sandals, until he came to Uthman and found him at prayer. When Uthman saw the Messenger, he finished it and he said to him: ,,O Uthman, God did not send me with monasticism, but He sent me with pure, easy and merciful faith. I fast and I pray and I associate with my wife. Whoever loves my natural way of life, let him follow my Sunnah, and my Sunnah includes intercourse.” [Al-Kafi of Al-Kulaini, Volume 5 page 299 Hadith 1]

عدة من أصحابنا، عن سهل بن زياد، عن جعفر بن محمد الأشعري، عن ابن القداح، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: جاءت امرأة عثمان بن مظعون إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فقالت: يا رسول الله إن عثمان يصوم النهار ويقوم الليل فخرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله مغضبا يحمل نعليه حتى جاء إلى عثمان فوجده يصلي، فانصرف عثمان حين رأى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فقال له: يا عثمان لم يرسلني الله تعالى بالرهبانية ولكن بعثني بالحنيفة السهلة السمحة، أصوم واصلي وألمس أهلي، فمن أحب فطرتي فليستن بسنتي ومن سنتي النكاح

Imam Ali (a.) said: ,,Uthman Ibn Maz’un came to the Messenger of God (s.) and said: ,,O Messenger of God.” Until he then said: ,,I have decided, to forbid myself khawlah.” By which he meant his wife. He (s.) said: ,,Do not do that, O Uthman, for if the believing servant would take the hand of his partner, then God would write down ten good deeds for him and erase ten bad deeds for him. If he kissed her, then God wrote down for him a hundred good deeds and erased from him a hundred bad deeds. When he had intercourse with her, God wrote down a thousand good deeds for him and erased a thousand bad deeds for him and the angels went into her presence. When the two perform full body washing (ghusl), the water does not flow over a single hair of each of them, except that God wrote down a good deed for them for this one and erased a bad deed for them for that one. If this took place on a cold night, then God said to the angels: ﴾Look at these two servants of Mine who washed themselves on that cold night, while they knew that I am their Lord. I will let you testify that I have forgiven them both.﴿ If a child is born from their sexual act, it will be at their service in Paradise.” After that, the Messenger of God (s.a.) tapped his hand on the chest of ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn (r.a.) and said: ,,O Uthman, do not stay away from my custom [Sunnah], for whoever stayed away from my custom, the angels opposed him on the Day of Resurrection and turned his face away from my pool.” [Mustadrak-ul-Wasāʾil, Volume 14, page 151]

حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنُ تَقِيٍّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَيُّونٍ عَنِ الْإِمَامِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أُحَرِّمَ خَوْلَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِي يَعْنِي اِمْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ لاَ تَفْعَلْ يَا عُثْمَانُ فَإِنَّ اَلْعَبْدَ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا أَخَذَ بِيَدِ زَوْجَتِهِ كَتَبَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ فَإِنْ قَبَّلَهَا كَتَبَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ مِائَةَ حَسَنَةٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ مِائَةَ سَيِّئَةٍ فَإِنْ أَلَمَّ بِهَا كَتَبَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ سَيِّئَةٍ وَ حَضَرَتْهُمَا اَلْمَلاَئِكَةُ فَإِذَا اِغْتَسَلاَ لَمْ يَمُرَّ اَلْمَاءُ عَلَى شَعْرَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلاَّ كَتَبَ اَللَّهُ لَهُمَا بِهَا حَسَنَةً وَ مَحَا عَنْهُمَا بِهَا سَيِّئَةً فَإِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بَارِدَةٍ قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدَيَّ هَذَيْنِ اِغْتَسَلاَ فِي هَذِهِ اَللَّيْلَةِ اَلْبَارِدَةِ عَلِمَا أَنِّي رَبُّهُمَا أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُمَا فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُمَا فِي وَقْعَتِهِمَا تِلْكَ وَلَدٌ كَانَ لَهُمَا وَصِيفاً فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِ عُثْمَانَ وَ قَالَ يَا عُثْمَانُ لاَ تَرْغَبْ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَإِنَّ مَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي عَرَضَتْ لَهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَصَرَفَتْ وَجْهَهُ عَنْ حَوْضِي

A man came to the Messenger (s.) of God and said: ,,I have a partner, who welcomes me when I come in and accompanies me when I go out and when she sees me worried, she says: ,,What is worrying you? If your provision worries you, someone other than you has already taken care of it and if the matter of your hereafter worries you, may God increase your worry.” Hereupon the Messenger of God (s.) said: ,,God has his doers and this one belongs to His doers. To her belongs the half of the reward of a martyr.” [Wasail-ush-Shi’ah, Volume 20, Page 32, Hadith 24954]

٤٣٦٩ – وجاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فقال: إن لي زوجة إذا دخلت تلقتني، وإذا خرجت شيعتني، وإذا رأتني مهموما قالت: ما يهمك؟! إن كنت تهتم لرزقك فقد تكفل لك به غيرك، وإن كنت تهتم بأمر آخرتك فزادك الله هما، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: إن لله عمالا وهذه من عماله، لها نصف أجر الشهي

Imam al-Baqir (a.) said: ,,Whichever woman would serve her partner for seven days, to her God would close seven gates to Hell and to her He would open eight gates to Paradise, which she would enter by any (door) she wishes.” [Wasail-ush-Shiah, Volme 20, page172]

وأيما امرأة خدمت زوجها سبعة أيام أغلق الله عنها سبعة أبواب النار وفتح لها ثمانية أبواب الجنة تدخل من أيها شاءت