Wisdom of The Holy Prophet — Page 11
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS 11 HUSBAND AND WIFE They are raiment for you and ye are raiment for them. (2: 188). * * * The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) said : l. The most stringent of covenants to be performed by you is the one whereby you make your wives lawful for yourselves. 2. Shall I tell you which is th-: best of treasures? A good wife. She pleases her husband when he looks at her, obeys him when he directs her and watches over his possessions in his absence. 3. The best of you are those who treat their wives best. 4. Do not strike the handmaidens of Allah. 5. A woman is like a rib, if you try to straighten it you will break it. But if you let it be, it will be of benefit to you despite its bend. 6. Women are in need of shelter, so provide them with homes; some of them are afflicted with contrariness, so restr� it with forbearance and silence. 7. The service of your spouses is charity. 8. A woman's primary duty is to her husband and a man's primary duty is to his mother. 9. . A woman who leaves her home without the pe mission of her husband! is under the displeasure of Allah until she returns to her home or her husband approves of her a-bsence. 10. The Holy Prophet forbade converse with women without the permission of their husbands. 11. For a woman there are only two safe shelters-her grave and her husb�d. 12. He who has two wives and is inclined wholly towards one of them will have half his body paralysed on the Day of Judgment. 13. The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) was asked: What is due from us to our wives? H� answered: Provide