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To help strengthening the Muslim families and spread the teachings of Islam
in building families, the Muslim
Students' Association at the University of
Alberta prepared a extremely summarized translation for two books. The
books
are Arabic by Sheikh Mohammad Abdelhaleem Hamed. An Egyptian scholar,
who graduated from the Islamic University of AlMadinah
Al-Munawwarah in
Saudi Arabia. The two books are:
1- How to make your wife happy
2- How to make your husband
happy
These are the best Arabic books I have seen on this subject. They exceed
the traditional presentation of stating
rights and duties to the 'Adab (good
manners) and extend into application of these rights in daily life. The
following
summary highlights mainly the responsibilities or examples of what
could or should be done. Every single item mentioned
by the author is
supported by evidences from Qur'an, Sunnah or the actions of the companions,
but evidences are omitted
in this translation. The following is the
translation of the FIRST book.
This translation is copyrighted to MSA
at University of Alberta. Feel free
to repost it or reprint it by all means, provided that you do not make any
changes,
additions, or omissions without permission.
How to make your wife happy !! (Part 1)
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The
following is part ONE of a summary of the book "How to make your wife
happy" by Sheikh Mohammed Abdelhaleem Hamed.
1.
Beautiful Reception
After returning from work, school, travel, or whatever has separated you:
* begin with a good
greeting.
* Start with Assalamau 'Aliaykum and a smile. Salam is a sunnah and a
du'aa for her as well.
* Shake her
hand and leave bad news for later!
2. Sweet Speech and Enchanting Invitations
* Choose words that are positive
and avoid negative ones.
* Give her your attention when you speak of she speaks.
* Speak with clarity and repeat words
if necessary until she understands.
* Call her with the nice names that she likes, e.g. my sweet-heart,
honey, saaliha,
etc.
3. Friendliness and Recreation
* Spend time talking together.
* Spread to her goods news.
* Remember
your good memories together.
4. Games and Distractions
* Joking around & having a sense of humor.
* Playing
and competing with each other in sports or whatever.
* Taking her to watch permissible (halal) types of entertainment.
*
Avoiding prohibited (haram) things in your choices of entertainment.
5. Assistance in the Household
* Doing
what you as an individual can/like to do that helps out,
especially if she is sick or tired.
* The most important thing
is making it obvious that he appreciates her
hard work.
6. Consultation (Shurah)
* Specifically in family
matters.
* Giving her the feeling that her opinion is important to you.
* Studying her opinion carefully.
* Be willing
to change an opinion for hers if it is better.
* Thanking her for helping him with her opinions.
7. Visiting Others
*
Choosing well raised people to build relations with. There is a great
reward in visiting relatives and pious people. (Not
in wasting time
while visiting!)
* Pay attention to ensure Islamic manners during visits.
* Not forcing her to visit
whom she does not feel comfortable with.
8. Conduct During Travel
* Offer a warm farewell and good advice.
*
Ask her to pray for him.
* Ask pious relatives and friends to take care of the family in your
absence.
* Give her
enough money for what she might need.
* Try to stay in touch with her whether by phone, e-mail, letters, etc..
* Return
as soon as possible.
* Bring her a gift!
* Avoid returning at an unexpected time or at night.
* Take her with you
if possible.
9. Financial Support
* The husband needs to be generous within his financial capabilities. He
should
not be a miser with his money (nor wasteful).
* He gets rewards for all what he spends on her sustenance even for a
small
piece of bread that he feeds her by his hand (hadeith).
* He is strongly encouraged to give to her before she asks him.
10.
Smelling Good and Physical Beautification
* Following the Sunnah in removing hair from the groin and underarms.
*
Always being clean and neat.
* Put on perfume for her.
11. Intercourse
* It is obligatory to do it habitually
if you have no excuse (sickness,
etc.)
* Start with "Bismillah" and the authentic du'a.
* Enter into her in the proper
place only (not the anus).
* Begin with foreplay including words of love.
* Continue until you have satisfied her desire.
*
Relax and joke around afterwards.
* Avoid intercourse during the monthly period because it haram
* Do what you can to
avoid damaging her level of Hiyaa (shyness and
modesty) such as taking your clothes together instead of asking her
to
do it first while he is looking on.
* Avoid positions during intercourse that may harm her such as putting
pressure
on her chest and blocking her breath, especially if you are
heavy.
* Choose suitable times for intercourse and be considerate
as
sometimes she maybe sick or exhausted.
12. Guarding Privacy
* Avoid disclosing private information such
as bedroom secrets, her
personal problems and other private matters.
13. Aiding in the Obedience to Allah
*
Wake her up in the last third of the night to pray "Qiam-ul-Layl"
(extra prayer done at night with long sujood and ruku'ua).
*
Teach her what you know of the Qur'an and its tafseer.
* Teach her "Dhikr" (ways to remember Allah by the example of the
prophet)
in the morning and evening.
* Encourage her to spend money for the sake of Allah such as in a charity
sale.
* Take
her to Hajj and Umrah when you can afford to do so.
14. Showing Respect for her Family and Friends
* Take her
to visit her family and relatives, especially her parents.
* Invite them to visit her and welcome them.
* Give them
presents on special occasions.
* Help them when needed with money, effort, etc..
* Keep good relations with her family
after her death if she dies first.
Also in this case the husband is encouraged to follow the sunnah
and keep giving
what she used to give in her life to her friends and
family.
15. (Islamic) Training & Admonition
This
includes
* The basics of Islam
* Her duties and rights
* Reading and writing
* Encouraging her to attend lessons
and halaqahs
* Islamic rules (ahkam) related to women
* Buying Islamic books and tapes for the home library
16.
Admirable Jealousy
* Ensure she is wearing proper hijab before leaving house.
* Restrict free mixing with non-mahram
men.
* Avoiding excess jealousy. Examples of this are:
1- Analyzing every word and sentence she says and overloading
her
speech by meanings that she did not mean
2- Preventing her from going out of the house when the reasons are
just.
3-
Preventing her from answering the phone.
4- etc.
17. Patience and Mildness
* Problems are expected in every
marriage so this is normal. What is
wrong is excessive responses and magnifying problems until a marital
breakdown.
*
Anger should be shown when she exceeds the boundaries of Allah SWT, by
delaying prayers, backbiting, watching prohibited
scenes on TV, etc..
* Forgive the mistakes she does to you (See item 18).
* How can you best correct her mistakes?
1-
First, implicit and explicit advice several times.
2- Then by turning your back to her in bed (displaying your feelings).
Note
that this does not include leaving the bedroom to another room,
leaving the house to another place, or not talking with
her.
3- The last solution is lightly hitting (when allowable) her. In this
case, the hsuband should consider the following:
-
He should know that sunnah is to avoid beating as the Prophet
PBUH never beat a woman or a servant.
- He should do it
only in extreme cases of disobedience, e.g.
refusing intercourse without cause frequently, constantly not
praying on
time, leaving the house for long periods of time
without permission nor refusing to tell him where she had been,
etc..
-
It should not be done except after having turned from her bed and
discussing the matter with her as mentioned in Qur'an
.
- He should not hit her hard injuring her, or hit her on her face or
on sensitive parts of her body.
- He should
avoid shaming her such as by hitting her with a shoe,
etc.
18. Pardoning and Appropriate Censure
* Accounting
her only for larger mistakes.
* Forgive mistakes done to him but account her for mistakes done in
Allah's rights, e.g.
delaying prayers, etc..
* Remember all the good she does whenever she makes a mistake.
* Remember that all humans err
so try to find excuses for her such as
maybe she is tired, sad, having her monthly cycle or that her
commitment to Islam
is growing.
* Avoid attacking her for the bad cooking of the food as the Prophet PBUH
never blamed any of his wives
for this. If he likes the food, he eats
and if he doesn't then he does not eat and does not comment.
* Before declaring
her to be in error, try other indirect approaches that
are more subtle than direct accusations
* Escape from using
insults and words that may hurt her feelings.
* When it becomes necessary to discuss a problem wait until you have
privacy
from others.
* Waiting until the anger has subsided a bit can help to keep a control
on your words.
(Ref:http://www.jannah.org/sisters/marriage.html)
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