The Treatment of Wives in Light of the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah: In light of the Verses of the Glorious Quran, we see that Allah, the Exalted ordered excellent treatment towards the wife, generosity towards her, and the best cohabitation with her, even if there is not love from the heart. Allah, the All-Wise said: And live with them in the best way. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good. (4:19) The Prophet Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him said: “A believer man must not hate (his wife) believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another.” (Muslim) Also, Allah clarifies that the woman has rights towards her husband, just as the husband has towards her. Allah, the Exalted says: And they (women) have rights (over their husbands), similar (to those of their husbands) over them, to what is reasonable.(2:228) And the Prophet’s ( Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him) last will before he dies was that men should take care of their wives and honour them, and never treat them unfairly or swallow their rights. The Prophet Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him said: “Treat the women in the best way.’’ And the Prophet Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him ordered us to behave well to our wives, and be generous with them, and he also clarified that the best of men is he who treats his wife best. The Prophet Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him said: “The most complete in faith is the best in character. And the best of you is the one who is best to his wife.” (At-Tirmidhi) The Prophet Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him also said: “The best of you is the one who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wives.” (Ibn Majah) Also, the Prophet ordered his Companions to endure the mistakes of their women, clarifying the nature of the woman, in to which Allah created her. The Prophet Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him said: “Treat the women in the best way. Verily, the woman was created from a rib and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part; if you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked, so treat the women in the best way.” (Al-Bukhari) The Messenger of Allah Muhammed May the peace,mercy and blessing of Allah be upon him also said: “Verily, woman was created from a rib. It shall not be straightened to you in anyway (i.e. she shall not behave exactly as you wish her to). Thus, if you enjoy her, you will enjoy her bent. And if you tried to straighten her, you would break her. And to break her means a divorce.” (Mustakhrag Abi ‘Awana) The Verses of the Holy Quran and Ahadith showing that the man should treat his wife in the best way are innumerable, and whoever wants to refer to them, he might as well do. JAkaumAllahu Khairun!!! (Source Courtesy:Beating Women is Forbidden in Islam by AHMED AL-AMIR TSEKOURA VIVIAN,Revised the Arabic original text by DR. ABD AR-RAHMAN BIN ABD AL-KARIM ASH-SHIHA published by EUROPEAN ISLAMIC RESEARCH CENTER (EIRC),Athens - Greece)
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:01:01 +0000
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