I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in his sermon during the Farewell Pilgrimage, "A woman must not spend anything from her husband's house except with his permission."Someone asked, "Messenger of Allah, not even food?"He replied, "That is the most valuable of our possessions."
سمعت رسول الله ﷺ في خطبته عام حجة الوداع يقول: لا تنفق امرأة شيئا من بيت زوجها إلا بإذن زوجها. قيل: يا رسول الله ولا الطعام؟ قال: ذاك أفضل أموالنا.
Abu Dawud (3565), Tirmidhi (670), and Ibn Majah (2295) all narrated it through the route of Ismail bin Ayyash, who said, "Shurahbil bin Muslim Khawlani told me, saying, 'I heard Abu Umama Bahili,'" and he related it. Ahmad (22294) also narrated it through this same route, but with a longer wording. Tirmidhi said, "A hasan hadith." Its chain is hasan, for Ismail bin Ayyash is truthful in his narrations from the people of his own land, and this narration is one of them.On this subject there is also what was narrated concerning Khayra, the wife of Kaab bin Malik, that she came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with some jewelry of hers and said, "I have given this in charity." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "A woman may not do anything with her wealth without her husband's permission. Did you seek Kaab's permission?" She said, "Yes." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for her husband, Kaab bin Malik, and asked him, "Did you permit Khayra to give her jewelry in charity?" He said, "Yes." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted it from her.This was narrated by Ibn Majah (2389) from Harmala bin Yahya, who said, "Abdullah bin Wahb told us, saying, 'Layth bin Saad informed me, from Abdullah bin Yahya, a man among the descendants of Kaab bin Malik, from his father, from his grandfather, that his grandmother Khayra,'" and he related it. In this chain is Abdullah bin Yahya Ansari, from the descendants of Kaab bin Malik, who is "unknown." His father, Yahya Ansari, was described by Abu Hatim as "unknown" in Jarh wa Tadil (9/125).On this subject there is also a report from Ubada bin Samit in a lengthy hadith, which includes, "He ruled that a woman may not give anything from her wealth except with her husband's permission." This was narrated by Abdullah in the Musnad of his father (22778), from Abu Kamil Jahdari, who said, "Fudayl bin Sulayman told us, saying, 'Musa bin Uqba told us, from Ishaq bin Yahya bin Walid bin Ubada bin Samit, from Ubada,'" and he related it at length, this being a portion of it. Ibn Majah (2213) also narrated it, in scattered fashion, through the route of Fudayl bin Sulayman, though he did not include this portion. Its chain is daif because of Ishaq bin Yahya bin Walid, for he related from Ubada without a direct link, and he is "of unknown standing." Ibn Adi said, "His hadiths are not well preserved."