Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 172
172 separated. (Sunan Nisa’i, Kitabu ‘Ishrate - nisa’, Babu Mayle - rajul, Hadeeth number 3942) Allah the Exalted says that righteousness is in giving the obvious rights to both the wives and neither wife shoul d be disregarded in a way that in spite of her being a wife she is deprived of every right. It should not be that she is neither separated nor are her due rights fulfilled. This should not be the way of a believer. It is the obligation of a believer to avo id what Allah the Exalted has forbidden and reform himself. ’ (Friday sermon delivered on 15 May 2009 at Baitul Futuh, London. Published in Al Fazl International 5 June 2009) Rights of the Wife Owed to h er by her Husband Hazrat Ameerul Momineen elucidated t he real meaning of زہد zuhd (devoutness) by giving various examples of disincli nation with worldly life in a Friday sermon. With reference to the relationship between husband and wife, Huzoor e Anwer said: ‘Hazrat Wahib narrates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) made a bond of brotherhood between Hazrat Salman and Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with them both). Hazrat Salman paid a visit to Hazrat Abu Darda and found Abu Darda's wife wearing work clothes and looking unkempt and asked her why she was in that