Muaz traveled to Yemen, or perhaps he said Syria, and saw the Christians prostrating to their patriarchs and bishops. He thought to himself that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more deserving of such honor.When he returned, he said, "Messenger of Allah, I saw the Christians prostrating to their patriarchs and bishops, and I thought to myself that you are more deserving of being honored in this way."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded a wife to prostrate to her husband. A woman cannot fulfill her full duty to Allah until she fulfills her full duty to her husband, to the point that if he asked her for herself while she was on the back of a camel saddle, she would not refuse him."
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قدم معاذ اليمن أو قال الشام فرأى النصارى تسجد لبطارقتها وأساقفتها فروأ في نفسه أن رسول الله ﷺ أحق أن يعظم فلما قدم قال يا رسول الله رأيت النصارى تسجد لبطارقتها وأساقفتها فروأت في نفسي أنك أحق أن تعظم فقال لو كنت آمرا أحدا أن يسجد لأحد لأمرت المرأة أن تسجد لزوجها ولا تؤدي المرأة حق الله عز وجل عليها كله حتى تؤدي حق زوجها عليها كله حتى لو سألها نفسها وهي على ظهر قتب لأعطته إياه
Its isnad is sahih. The hadith was narrated by Abu Dawud 2/244, no. 2140, and Ibn Majah 1/595, no. 1853, both in the chapter on marriage, and Tirmidhi in the chapter on breastfeeding 3/456, no. 1159, where he said, hasan gharib, and Darimi 1/406, no. 1464, in the chapter on prayer, on the prohibition of one person prostrating to another. Hakim graded it sahih 2/187, and Dhahabi agreed with him.