Concluding part:
See how Allah describe Man in his unguided state of mind:
100:8. “And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth”
Check out the prescription of Allah(s.w.t) for you:
O you who believe! Seek help in patience and prayer. Truly! Allah is with the patient ones, etc..
Eat what is Lawful and Show Gratitude!
2:172. “O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship”.
The beautiful thing about admonition is the appeal
The appeal is to those that believed
The believer knows that there is life after here
If you eat and drink anything, it has its consequence.
You lose your mind, health, wealth, brain and honor
When you eat unLawful things, your prayer might not be as you wish
It is show of gratitude when you use correctly the blessings of Allah
When either spouse can help:
By Law, it is the duty of the husband to spend for and on his family
By Love, the wife can or may assist her husband
Any assistance rendered by the wife to her husband is considered as charity in her account of deeds. In that case, her children reap the benefit.
In the records of the husband, he is only doing his duty!
Allah pays him the reward of an obedient servant
In a situation where your wife or wives are in employment, there is no reason why you should not appreciate that; while you are doing what you can to get yourself back to form
Hear this statement of the Qur’an: When you have abnormal situation:
2:173…… “But if one is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on him. Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”.
That is why the Prophet allows the woman to give Zakat to the husband and the husband should accept and put it to good use. Can a none working woman get wealth to pay zakat?
When Responsibility is Abdicated / When The Husband is Miserly:
Book 18, Number 4253:A’isha reported that-
Hind came to Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said:
Messenger of Allah, by Allah, there was no other household upon the surface of the earth than your household about which I cherished Allah bringing disgrace upon it, (and now)
there is no other household upon the surface of the earth than your household about which I cherish Allah granting it honour.
Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: It is so, by Him in Whose Hand is my life
She said: Allah’s Messenger, Abu Sufyan is a niggardly person. Is there any harm for me if I spend upon his children out of his wealth without his permission?
Thereupon Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: There is no harm for you if you spend upon them what is reasonable, or No, but only that which or that is reasonable.
Sometime, you put your hope on one that is hopeless, this often result into regrets. The essence of life is to know that there will always be tough time, but when the going gets tough the tough gets going, because tough time don’t last; remember that with every hardship there is a relief.
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