Islam on Marital Rights — Page 25
ISLAM ON MARITAL RIGHTS 25 said, "The pleasure you gave me by what you have said has, I believe, far exceeded the ecstacy of delight which the sight of the drops of my sweat have given you. " (Rahmat-ul-lil-A'alameen:. Vol. 2, p. 153). . A GOLDEN RULE. The Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ), under Divine guidance, has shown us how to promote and preserve happy and cordial relations between man and wife. He has laid down a golden rule which, if followed, would serve as a bulwark against marital discord. He said that the husband should make it his habit to overlook trivial faults of his wife and not to make any fuss over such slips on her part. How true it is! After all she is a human being and is liable to err like ourselves. Therefore, Allah and His Prophet (s. a. w. ) direct the husband to adopt the policy of forgive and forget. It is not human to raise hell in the house if the stew is over salted. . Many a family has been ruined in consequence of such foolishness. The Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) has said, "No believer should ever bear a grudge against his wife because of an imperfection of hers, for if she has an imperfection, she has some lovable virtues also which please him. ". There is a Tradition of the Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) to the effect that nothing pleases Satan more than a husband and wife quarreling with each other. He further said on an occasion that there were some people who exhibited great eagerness for getting married. But when they brought their wives to their homes, they neither cared to provide for their sustenance nor for their comfort. . He said that it was the duty of the husband to look after the needs of his wife and to be kind to her. . Once a Companion of the Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) came to him and said, "Oh Prophet of Allah! Please define for us the rights of our wives. " And the Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) replied, “Provide for them all their needs and show no meanness in fulfilling their reasonable demands. " (Abu Daood). . The Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) has laid so great a stress on the importance of cordial relations between man and his wife that once he said, "If a believer puts a morsel in the mouth of his wife