Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 384
! ! 384 a time, when if the man had seen her then, he would have turned away from her in dislike. Today’s mother s - in - law are simi lar. They forget how it was when they were young, how they were treated by their husbands or their mother s - in - law. Similarly, m other s - in - law do not give proper regard to the feelings or needs of their daughter s - in - law , and instead argue with them over petty issues. This is wrong. There have been many examples in this world which prove that men do not care for women’s feelings, or that they do not believe women to have a heart or any feelings. On the women’s side, this type of a situation is rarely seen. Although t here are some women who believe men should forget everything else and associate only with their wives , however this is rare. We can look to the example of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , who took great care to safeguard the feelings of his sa relatives. Once upon entering his home, he saw his wife, Umm - e - Hab i ba h ra , [ Abū Sufyān ’s daughter ra ] sitting with her brother’s head in her lap and playing with his hair. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa asked , “ Umm - e - Habibah ra , is Mu ‘awiyyah very dear to you?” She answered, “Y es. ” The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, “He is very dear to me as well. ” Today’s educated women are beginning to feel that they can do everything that men can do. Men wrestle, so women have also begun wrestling. A woman’s modesty and wrestling do not go together. Similarly, women say they want to become employed. However, if they become employed their children will be destroyed. How will they be able to morally train their children? It is the wrong type of education which has planted this sort of incorrect notion into women’s minds. In the weste rn world, many voices have been raised in favor of women adopting this approach. Therefore , those countries where people prefer to have children, they desire that all doors of employment be shut for women and that women should fulfill the duty for which they were made. C hildren are the most precious possession in a home and a mother’s top priority should be the proper upbringing and education of her children. If women take up jobs , then the proper upbringing of children is impossible.