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Husband-WifeRelationship
An Islamic View
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And one of His signs is thatHe created mates for youfrom yourselves that you
may find rest in them, andHe put between you love
and compassion; mostsurely there are signs in thisfor a people who reflect.
(30:21)
The Holy Qur'an says...
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Men are the maintainers ofwomen because God has
made some of them toexcel others and becausethey spend out of their
money; the good womenare therefore obedient...
(4:34)
The Holy Qur'an says...
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...And women have rightssimilar to the rights of menin a just manner, and themen have a degree (of
advantage) over them...(2:228)
The Holy Qur'an says
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The Prophet (s) of God :
Whoever gets married, hassafeguarded half of hisreligion.
[Wasa il al-Shia, vol 14, p 5]
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The Holy Prophet (s) of God:After having faith in God,
there is not any greaterblessing than to have a
compatible spouse.
[Mustadrak, vol 3, p 532]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : Two Rakats(units) of a married persons
Salat(prayer) are betterthan seventy Rakats offered
by a bachelor.
[Wasa il al-Shia, vol 14, p 6]
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The Prophet (s) of God : The
more one becomes faithfulthe more one expresseskindness to his spouse.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 228]
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Imam Reza (a) : Thegreatest gain for a man is afaithful woman who, when
she sees him, becomeshappy and protects his
property and her own honorin his absence.
[Wasa il al-Shia, vol 14, p 23]
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The Prophet (s) of God : If I were tobestow all the good of both worlds
upon a Muslim person, I would endowhim with a humble heart, a tongue
which continuously utters his praises,a body patient enough to withstand
all calamities; and I would give him apious spouse who, when she seeshim, becomes happy, and protects
his property and her own honor in hisabsence.
[Wasa il al-Shia, vol 14, p 23]
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The Prophet (s) of God, one dayafter the wedding of Imam Ali
(a) and Hazrat Fatima Zahra (a),went to congratulate them intheir house and know about
their welfare
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 43, p 117]
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He then asked Imam Ali (a):
How do you find your spouse?The Imam replied: I found Fatima
Zahra as the best help inworshipping the Almighty God.The Prophet (s) then asked the
same of Fatima Zahra (a), andshe replied: He is the best
husband.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 43, p 117]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Menhave been made guardians
and responsible for theirfamilies and as such they
are responsible for theirdependents.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 550]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : The bliss of
a man is that he becomessupervisor and guardian of
his family.
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 15, p 251]
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The Prophet (a) of God : A
woman is the protector andtrustee of her husbandswealth and as such is
responsible.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 550]
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The Holy Prophet (s) of God:If a woman does not
perform her duty as aspouse, she has not done
her duty to God.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 552]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : May Godbless a man who creates a
good relationship with hiswife, because God has
appointed man to be theguardian of his wife.
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 14, p 122]
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The Holy Prophet (s) ofGod : The best of you
among women are thosewho possess love and
affection.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 235]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Thebest of men is one who
treats his wife well and I,amongst you, am the best
man with regard to the goodtreatment of my wife.
[Wasail al-Shia, vo114, p 122]
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Imam Reza (a) : Some
women are blessings fortheir husbands who express
their love and affection.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 532]
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Imam Ali (a) : God is
beautiful and he likesbeauty. And he also likes tosee the effect of his
blessings on his servants.
[Shafi, vol l, p 212]
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The Prophet (s) of God: The
duty of a woman is toanswer the call at the door
and welcome her husband.
[Mustadrak, vol 3, p 551]
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Imam Ali (a) : Arrange fruits
for your dependents everyFriday so that they may bepleased with the coming of
Friday.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 14, p 73]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : A woman
who respects her husbandand does not harass him,will be fortunate and
prosperous.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 253]
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The Prophet (s) of God : The
Jihad of a woman is to takecare of her husband well.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 247]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Theprayers of a woman who teases herhusband with her tongue, are notaccepted (by God) even though
she fasts everyday, gets up for theacts of worship every night, sets
free a few slaves and donates herwealth in the way of God. A bad-tongued woman who hurts herhusband in this way, is the first
person who enters hell.[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 76, p 363]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Any man who
permits his wife, who has adornedherself, to leave the house, is a mean-spirited person, and whoever calls him
as such, would not have committedany sin. And any woman whose
husband permits her to leave thehouse adorned and perfumed, with
each step that she takes, God wouldbuild a house for her husband in hell.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 249]
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The Holy Prophet (s) of God :The women of Paradise say tothose women who abuse theirhusbands in this way: May God
kill you. Do not misbehave withyour husband. This man (the
husband) is not yours, and you
do not deserve him. Soon hewill leave you and come
towards us.[Mahajjat al-Bayda, vol 2, p 72]
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Whenever the Prophet (s)was free from his work, he
used to sew his clothes,repair his shoes and used to
work at home like othermen.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vo116, p 230]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : Anywoman who bothers her
husband and distresses himis distant from the blessings
of God and any woman whorespects her husband, is
obedient and does notcause him sorrow, is blessedand prosperous.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 253]
There is a tradition reported
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There is a tradition reportedthat the Holy Prophet (s) was
informed of a good womanwho fasted everyday and
worshipped God every night,
but she had an ill-disposedcharacter and would hurt her
neighbours with her sharptongue. The Holy Prophet (s)
stated: There is no good in her
and she is an inhabitant of hell.[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 253]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Heis not one of us (followers of
Prophet (s)) who possessesmoney but keeps his family
away from his wealth.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 643]
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The Holy Prophet (s) of God :
Any woman who is notcompatible with her husband
and persuades him to act
beyond his capacity, then herdeeds would not be accepted
by God. She would taste thewrath of God on the Day ofResurrection.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 71, p 244]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : The bestwomen among your women
are those who show
appreciation when theirhusbands bring home
something and are notdiscontented if nothing isbrought home.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 239]
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The Holy Prophet (s) of God : Any
woman who is not compatible withher husband, is not content withwhat God has blessed them with,and treats her husband harshly bydemanding him to give more than
he is able, then her acts (orworship) are not acceptable by
God and He will be angry with her.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 76, p 367]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : There isnothing better in the world
than a good wife. And agood wife is the one whose
husband, becomes gladupon seeing her.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 217]
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Imam Reza (a) : There are a groupof women who raise manychildren. They are kind and
sympathetic. They support theirhusbands in times of difficulty andin the affairs of this world and thenext. These women do not commit
any acts which would incur a lossupon their husbands nor multiplytheir difficulties.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 534]
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Imam Sajjad (a) : One of therights of a woman upon her
husband is that he shouldforgive her ignorance and
foolishness.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 74, p 5]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : Anywoman who says to herhusband that she has not
seen any good things fromhim then she has fallen in
her credibility and hasvoided her acts of worship.
[Shafi, vol 2, p 139]
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Imam Sadiq (a), quoting his
father [Imam al-Baqir (a)],stated: Whoever marries,
must respect his wife.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 224]
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The Prophet (s) of God : A
bad woman does not forgiveher husbands mistake and
does not accept his apology.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 235]
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Imam Ali (a) : Act
moderately with the womenin every instance. Speak tothem nicely in order that
their deeds become good.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 123]
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Imam Sajjad (a) : It is a rightof (your) wife that you treat
her kindly, because she isunder your surety, and youshould feed and dress her,and forgive her ignorant
deeds.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 74, p 5]
The Prophet (s) of God : The best
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The Prophet (s) of God : The bestof your women is one who givesbirth to many children, is loving
and chaste, who does not submitto the will of her relatives but is
obedient towards her husband,adorns herself only for herhusband and protects herself from
strangers, listens to her husbandand obeys him, accedes to hiswishes in privacy and does not
lose her modesty in any case.[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 235]
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Imam Ali (a) : Cope with
women under allcircumstances and speak to
them well; (and by doing so)it may make their actionscorrect.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 223]
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The Prophet (s) then added: Theworst of your women is she who
obeys her relatives but does notsubmit to the wishes of her
husband, is barren and vindictive,
is not afraid of committing baddeeds, adorns herself in the
absence of her husband, would
not accede to the wishes of herhusband in privacy, would not
accept his excuses and would not
forgive his mistakes.[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 235]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Any manwho copes with his incompetentwife, the Almighty God, upon hispatience (towards his wife) on
every occasion, would grant him
the reward of patience of HazratAyyub (a).
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 14, p 23]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Anywoman who perfumes
herself and leaves thehouse, is deprived from the
blessings of the AlmightyGod until she returns home.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 247]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Whoever,falsely, accuses his wife of
committing adultery would lose allthe benefits from his good deeds
just as a snake sheds its skin. Andfor each hair on his body, one
thousand sins would be written
down in his record (for the Day ofJudgment)
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 248]
The Prophet (s) of God : The
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The Prophet (s) of God : Thebest of your women is one
who is obedient towards herhusband, adorns herself for
her husband but does notreveal her adornment tostrangers; and the worst of
your women is one whoadorns herself in the
absence of her husband[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 235]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Thebest of you is the one who is
better towards his family,and I am to my family the
best among all.
[Wasail al-Shiah, vol 14, p 122]
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Imam Baqir (a) : It isincumbent upon a woman
to perfume herself, to wearher best clothes, to adornherself in the best way, and
to meet her husband in thisstate.
[Shafi, vol 2, p 138]
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Imam Ali (a) : Women areentrusted to men, and as suchare not owners of their
fortunes and misfortunes. Theyare with you like a trust of God;so do not hurt them and do not
make (the life) difficult forthem.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 551]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : Women
should not give upadornment, be it only with a
necklace. She should nothave untinged hands, be itwith a little henna. Even oldwomen should not give up
adornment.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 228]
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The Prophet (s) of Godreminded women: Invite
your husbands to do goodbefore they persuade you to
commit wrong deeds.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 227]
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The Prophet (s) of God : It isobligatory for a man to provide hiswife with food and clothing, and
not to appear before her with anunpleasant appearance. If he did(the above mentioned), then he
would take care of her rights.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 254]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Agood woman would payheed to her husbandswishes and would act
according to his desires.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 235]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : Whoever is
our friend, expresses hiskindness to his spousemore.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 227]
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The Prophet (s) of God :
The worst of women is theone who is stubborn and
obstinate.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 532]
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The Prophet (s) of God :Whoever is more well-
behaved is more completein his faith. The best amongyou (the people) is one who
does good to his family.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 226]
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The Prophet (s) of God :
The worst of women is theone who is barren, dirty,
obstinate and disobedient.
[Shafi, vol 2, p 129]
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The Prophet (s) of God :Any woman who toleratesher husbands bad temper,
will be rewarded by God inthe same way that He
rewarded Asiyah, thedaughter of Muzahim.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 247]
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The Prophet (s) of God : The
best of your women is theone who, upon seeing her
husbands anger, tells him: Isubmit to your will. Sleepwill not pass over my eyes
unless you become contentwith me.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 239.]
The Prophet (s) of God : The
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The Prophet (s) of God : Thebest of your women is the one
who perfumes herself,prepares food skillfully andwould not overindulge in
spending. Such a woman isone of the workforce of God
and a person who works forGod would never have to face
either regret or defeat.[Wasail al-Shia, vol 14, p 15]
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Imam Musa al-Kazim (a) : A
mans family members are hisdependents. Thus whoever isbestowed with the blessings of
God, should expand on hisdependents comfort, or elsesuch blessings may be taken
away from him.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol l04, p 69]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Anymarried woman who looks
at other men, would besubject to the vehement
wrath of God.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 104, p 39]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Theduty of a woman towards
her husband is to turn thelights on in the house and to
prepare good and suitablefood.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 551]
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A woman asked the Prophet (s) of
God: What good (reward) isawaiting a woman who performs
her duties in her husbands house?
The Prophet (s) stated: For everyactivity that she does concerningthe household matters, God looks
on her kindly, and whoever enjoysthe grace of God would not be
tormented.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 251]
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Hasan ibn Jiham says: I saw Imam Ali(a) who had dyed his hair. I asked if
indeed he had dyed his hair. He stated:Yes, adornment of man (for the sake of
his wife) helps her keep her chastity.
Women who deviate from the path ofchastity do so due to the carelessnessand faults of their husbands. Imam Ali
(a) then stated: Do you like to see yourwife untidy? I replied:.No. He thenadded: She thinks just as you do.
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 14, p 183]
The Prophet (s) of God The best
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The Prophet (s) of God : The bestof your women is one who
perfumes herself, preparesdelicious food and would not
overindulge in spending. Such awoman is a representative ofand one of the workforce of God,
and a person who works for Godwould never be faced with regret
or defeat.[Wasail al-Shia, vol 14, p 15]
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The Prophet (s) of God :
The best of your women isthe one who spends less.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 532]
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The Prophet (s) of God : You(men) must make yourselvestidy and be prepared for yourwives, as you would like them(your women) to be prepared
for you.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 559]
The Prophet (s) of God : When a
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woman becomes pregnant, Godrewards her as much as He would to
someone who goes forJihad (holywar) with all his wealth and life.
Then when she delivers her baby, acall would reach her stating all your
sins are forgiven; start a new life
again. Each time she feeds her babywith her milk, God gives her rewardequal to that of freeing a slave for
each feeding.[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 251]
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The Prophet (s) of God : The
words of a man who tells hiswife, I love you truly, should
never leave her heart.
[Shafi, vol 2, p 138]
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The Prophet (s) of God : A
pious child is a sweet-smelling plant from amongthe plants of Paradise.
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 15, p 97]
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Imam Reza (a) : Women of
the Bani Israel deviated fromthe path of chastity becausetheir men were not botheredabout cleanliness and theirgood looks. The Imam then
added: What you expect ofyour wife, she expects thesame from you.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 76, p 102]
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Imam Ali (a) : There is no
better and more copiousfood than mothers milk for ababy.
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 15, p 175]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Manis the guardian of his family
and every guardian hasresponsibilities towardsthose under his
guardianship.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 550]
Umm-e-Salmah asked the Prophet
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(s): How much reward is there fora womans housework? The
Prophet (s) replied: Any womanwho, in the way of improving the
order of the house, takessomething from somewhere andplaces it somewhere else, would
enjoy the grace of God, andwhoever attracts the blessings ofGod, would not be tormented by
Gods anger.[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 251]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Aman is the guardian of his
family and any guardian isresponsible to his
subordinates to take care oftheir needs.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 550]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : One of thecharacteristics of the
prophets of God is that theyare all kind towards their
wives.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 236]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Nonewould respect women exceptthe magnanimous ones, and
none would insult them exceptthe ignoble ones. In addition,
the Prophet (s) of God :
Whoever insults his family,would lose happiness in his life.
[Mawa iz al-Adadiyyah, p 151]
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Hazrat Luqman (a) stated:A sagacious man must act
like a child when with hisfamily, and leave his manly
behavior for when out of hishouse.
[Mahajjat al-Bayda, vol 2, p 54]
I S di ( ) k d
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Imam Sadiq (a) was asked:What rights a woman has onher husband, for which, if heacted accordingly, would be
regarded as a good-doer? TheImam replied: He must provideher with food and clothes and
he should forgive her mistakescommitted unknowingly.
[Shafi, vol 2, p 139]
The Prophet (s) of God : Whoever
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obeys his wife, God would cast himinto the fire on his face.
The Prophet (s) was asked: What sortof obedience is meant here? TheProphet (s) replied: It is when the
husband permits a woman who asksher husband to allow her to go to thepublic bath, weddings, celebrations,
and condolence gatherings whilewearing delicate and thin clothes.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 228]
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The Prophet (s) of God :
Order women to do gooddeeds before they make you
commit wrong ones.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 227]
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The Prophet (s) of God : I amastonished at a man who beats hiswife, whereas it is he himself, more
than his wife, who deserves a beating.
O people, do not beat your womenwith sticks because such an act has
Qisas (reprisal).
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 103, p 249]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Oyou (men)! How can any of
you beat his wife andthereafter embrace her?
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 14, p 119]
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The Prophet (s) of God :
Whoever falsely accuses afaithful man or woman, God
would, on the Day ofJudgment, hold him on a
heap of fire so that he
receives the punishment forhis sin.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 75, p 194]
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The Prophet (s) of God : Godwould be greatly angry witha married woman who fillsher eyes with the looks of
strangers.
[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 104, p 39]
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Imam Reza (a) : It is worthyof a man to grant his family-
members with comfort byhis spending, so that they
do not await his death.
[Wasail al-Shia, vol 15, p 249]
child is that you should know he is
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yfrom you. Be it good or bad he is
related to you. You are responsiblefor his upbringing, education andshowing him the path to God and
helping him to be obedient. Youshould treat him in such a way thatif you behave well towards him, you
will be sure of being rewarded and ifyou behave badly towards him, you
will be sure of receiving
unishment[Bihar al-Anwar, vol 74, p 6]
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The Prophet (s) of God :
The sign of a lucky womanis that her first child is a
girl.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 614]
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The Prophet (s) of God : The
best of your children areyour daughters.
[Mustadrak, vol 2, p 615]
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The Prophet (s) of God :Jibrail (Gabriel) advised me
about women so much thatI thought one should notdivorce them except if they
commit adultery.
[Makarim al-Akhlaq, p 248]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : Get
married but do not divorce,because a divorce wouldtremble theArsh
(empyrean) of God.
[Makarim al-Akhlaq, p 225]
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Imam Sadiq (a) : God likes thehouse which is inhabited in thewake of marriage and dislikes
the house which is abandonedin the wake of divorce. There isnothing more detestable to
God than a divorce.
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