16/21. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1437a — Keeping Marital Secrets
The prohibition of disclosing a woman's secrets
Hadith About Marital Secrets and Trust
Sahih Muslim : 1437a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1437a
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الْعُمَرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَرِّ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَنْزِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الرَّجُلَ يُفْضِي إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ وَتُفْضِي إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَنْشُرُ سِرَّهَا " .
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Narrated from:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah he pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upoin him) said: The most wicked among the people in the eye of Allah on the Day of judgment is the men who goes to his wife and she comes to him, and then he divulges her secret.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1437aIn-book reference : Book 16, Hadith 144USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 8, Hadith 3369
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1437a
This hadith about marital secrets teaches a clear rule of privacy. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reports that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said that among the most wicked people in rank before Allah on the Day of Judgment is the man who goes to his wife, she comes to him, and then he spreads her secret. The message is direct and easy to understand: private married life should remain private. The hadith does not discuss gossip in general or every kind of family secret. It speaks about a husband's betrayal of intimate trust. For readers searching spouse secret hadith, this is the core teaching.
What we learn from this hadith
- Marital intimacy is treated as private trust.
- Spreading a wife's secret after intimacy is strongly condemned.
- The warning is linked to the Day of Judgment.
- The report teaches restraint in speech about private married life.
