At the beginning of marital life, the wife cares about adorning herself for her husband. However, as time passes, she might think that there is no formality between them so she ignores this. Painfully, her negligence of adornment is limited to her husband, as the wife does care about it when she visits her female friends or relatives.

The wife is not required to spend most of her day in front of the mirror to adorn herself for her husband. Adornment basically lies in observing cleanliness with simple touches that every woman knows. That the wife adorns herself for her husband is one of the rights he has upon her, and it is also binding upon her. In a Hadeeth, the Prophet, , said: "Let me inform you about the best thing a man hoards: it is a righteous woman who pleases him when he looks at her, maintains her chastity and guards his interests when he is away from her, and obeys him when he gives her a command."

In the past, Umaamah bint Al-Haarith gave some well-known advice to her daughter before her wedding, saying, "Be careful of what your husband smells and sees. He should not see anything ugly on you or smell anything except a fine fragrance from you. Kohl is the best makeup available and water is the most pleasant of the rare perfumes." Adorning oneself for her husband does not mean exhausting him financially through buying a lot of new means of beautification.

The husband can play an important role in his wife's care for or negligence of adornment. He may ignore her adornment or criticize it, so he frustrates her. Perhaps he neglects his adornment while she cares about hers. Such a husband forgets the guidance of the Prophet, , when he said: "Of the things of this world, women and perfume have been made dear to me, and my comfort lies in performing prayer."[An-Nasaa'i] It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that she said, “While in my menses, I used to comb the hair and massage [the head] of the Prophet .” It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet said: “A person who has hair should take care of it.”

A son of Abu Talhah from Umm Sulaym, may Allah be pleased with them, died, and Umm Sulaym said to her family, ‘Do not inform Abu Talhah of the death of his son until I do it myself.’ Abu Talhah arrived home and she brought him his meal and he ate dinner and drank. Then, she got up, applied perfume to her body, and adorned herself, making herself more beautiful than she had ever been before. He then had intercourse with her. When she was sure that he was satisfied and had enjoyed the intercourse with her, she said, ‘O Abu Talhah, do you think that if some people lent something to others, then asked for it back, that they [i.e., the indebted] have the right not to give it back?’ He replied, ‘No.’ She said, ‘Seek the reward of Allah The Almighty regarding your son [i.e. he has died].’ Thereupon, Abu Talhah went to the Messenger of Allah and related to him the story. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘May Allah bless what happened last night (i.e. the resulting child).’