First: obeying the husband
The four Madhabs agree that the wife is obliged to obey her husband in matters of good that are of direct benefit to the husband according to her ability without having to experience hardship or harm.

Second: Serving the husband
The wife is obliged to serve her husband according to the customs and norms in their culture. This is the view of the Hanafi [300] The Hanafi Madhab deems it obligatory for the woman to serve her husband if she comes from a family whose norms and customs let the woman serve herself – and she is not from a family where women have maids and servants. This is the ruling regarding this issue in the Madhab, but the judge cannot force her to do it if she refuses. Madhab as well as the Maliki Madhhab [301] The Maliki Madhab holds the view that it is obligatory upon the wife to serve her husband with regards house chores like cleaning, cooking and so on. However, it is not obligatory upon her if she was from a noble family (i.e., whose norm is that women have housemaids and helpers) or the husband is poor. in general. It is also the view of al-Tabaree, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Hajar, al-Mardaawee, al-Sa’dee, Ibn Baaz, and Ibn ‘Uthaymeen.

Third: Allowing the husband to enjoy her sexually
The four Madhabs agree that the wife is obliged to allow her husband to be intimate and have intercourse with her [302] Unless there is something preventing the husband from enjoying her such like when the wife is sick or doing so would cause her harm. .

Four: Asking for the husband’s permission
1- Going out of the house
The four Madhabs agree that the wife can go out of her husband’s house only with his permission.
2- Allowing others to enter the house
The wife should not allow anyone to enter the husband’s house without his consent. This is the view of the  Hanbali Madhab and the view of Ibn Hazm, Ibn al-Jawzee, al-’Aynee, and Ibn ‘Uthaymeen and al-Nawawee.
3- Voluntary Fasting
The four Madhabs [303] Some Hanafi scholars excluded the case when the husband is ill, fasting, or in the state of Ihram for Hajj or Umrah. The Maliki scholars limited the prohibitions to the case where the husband needs his wife. The Shafi’i scholars excluded the case of when fasting that day is not repeated [in the same year] like fasting the day of ‘Arafah and he day of ‘Aashoora’. In this case, the wife is allowed to fast it without his permission except if he prevents her from doing it. agree that the wife is not permitted to offer a voluntary fast in the presence of her husband without his permission.
4- Giving Charity
- Giving charity from her own money without her husband’s permission.
The majority of scholars hold the view that the wife is allowed to give away in charity from her own money without the need to have her husband’s permission. This is the view of Hanafi, Shafi’i, and Hanbali Madhabs.
- Giving charity from her husband’s money without his permission
The majority of scholars hold the view that the wife is allowed to give away in charity from her husband’s money without his permission, except in the case where the charity is trivial and does not affect him. This is the practice of people according to the common norms and customs [304] Such as giving or gifting neighbors and beggars unless her husband forbids her to give away even small amount. of people.