Piety teachers counsel wives to yield on voluntary practices but resist only obligatory ones.

Evidence

Within the moral..ethical framework articulated by Hajja Asma, a woman must, prior to asking for divorce, have a clear understanding of the order of priorities entailed in God’s commands so that she challenges her husband only on those issues that compromise her ability to live as a dutiful Muslim. According to Hajja Asma’s framework, if husbands interfere with matters per.. taining to voluntary, rather than obligatory, acts (such as praying in a mosque instead of at home, practicing supererogatory fasts, undertaking daewa, or wearing the full face and body veil), then women are advised to give up these practices and to not disobey their husbands’ wishes and commands. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 1260

Categorization

• SHARE: Specific enough that a scholar of Islamic ethics or feminist religious studies would find the distinction between obligatory and voluntary acts compelling.