Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 150
150 ‘Then there is the habit of gratefulness. Allah the Exalted says you should be grateful to Allah the Exalted and He will provide for you and will continue to increase your blessings. Thus, you should also be grateful to Him about your domestic life. Be mindful of the income of your husband and spend within its means when running your home and be grateful to God. Especially certain problems of some n ewly married women are brought to me. Regardless of what the truth is, the young man lays the blame on the young woman and vice versa. The man alleges that the woman demands too much and this is proven to be correct at times. Wives complain that the husban d does not meet their demands, does not cater for their monthly or weekly trip to the beauty parlour. It is not the objective of an Ahmadi woman or girl to visit beauty parlours. If the husband cannot afford it, how can he manage? Relationships are only su stained when you try and get by within your means. Allah the Exalted says that if you are grateful, I will give you more. When a newly married couple start their life, they do not have much. Later, Allah the Exalted blesses and gradually as life goes on an d they gain experience and the husband’s income increases and more resources are created. I say this to young women in particular that if they instil the habit of patience, resolve and gratefulness, InshaAllah their relationships will endure and they will continue to be recipients of the blessings of Allah the Exalted. And