Blessings of Khilafat — Page 105
105 woman’s anger had not yet subsided when she taunted him saying ‘you fall for that filth and do not turn towards an obedient wife’. In short, it is an established fact that a depraved person falls for a depraved woman and a depraved woman falls for a depraved man. Likewise, pious women and men give preference to what is pure and chaste, and all their relationships are built accordingly. Their subsistence depends on this principle, for two things cannot coexist unless there is a binding similarity between them. Hadrat Muhyud- D i n Ibni Arabi rh says that once he saw a crow and dove sitting together. It surprised him since he failed to find any similarity between them that could bring them together. He decided to sit and wait. After a while, when the other birds had left, he came to know that both of them were unable to walk evenly. Hadrat Muhyud-D i n Ibni Arabi said that it was this similarity which made them sit together. Therefore, it is important for every man and woman to share some common values and possess some common attributes. Birds of a feather are said to flock together. A relationship can succeed only when both the man and woman share some commonalities. A noble person will surely suffer a great deal if he is married to an immoral person. How serious would the suffering be of a poor Ahmadi girl if she is married to a person who is simply unaware of his religion, does not even offer prayers, and is ignorant of the other religious obligations? Will she be able to lead a happy life? Never! A hadith says if a woman does not turn up when her husband calls her for marital relations, she is cursed the whole night. So referencing this hadith , there has been so much stress laid upon the obedience of a wife towards her husband, but if there is a confrontation between them, will this situation not cause the