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person. One can do good to others only if one does good to the wife. He who quarrels with his wife and scolds her for every petty thing and beats her up, can certainly do no good to others. At times it so happens that a person is annoyed with his wife and beats her and as a result of that she gets hurt at some delicate part of her body and she passes away. It is to avoid this kind of things that God says: Aashiroo hunna bil ma'roof Of course if she d_oes someihing very undesirable, she may be given a warning. It is the duty of the man to tell the woman {the wife) that he will not like anything that is contrary to the religious commands, but at the same time he should also tell her that he is not so harsh and hardhearted that he should not overlook any of her shortcomings. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 147) FORCE OFF Alm It is only the Faith that makes a move in the heart of the man that he should undergo hardships and bear with all. sorts of difficult situations. Faith is a force which grants a man true valour and courage. We find the. examples of this in the lives of the Companions of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho a1aihi wa sallam - may God be pleased with all of them. When they joined the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, apparently there was nothing to make them realise that they would be rewarded by doing so, for, the Holy Prophet was a weak and a helpless person at that time. On the surface of it they could only visualise that they would make all the peoples their enemies which wo_uld result in bringing hardships to them and they would be burdened under them and finish them up. But there was another eye (view point) too which did not mind these hardships and to give away life for this cause was a 79