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*The Happiest Woman in the World*
*(A Treasure Chest of Reminders)*
*Part 3 of 12*
*BEING GRATEFUL TO THE BENEFICENT IS A DUTY*
"...Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and the excess in our affairs..." [Qur'an 3:147]
(Al-Khayzarān) was a slave woman who the caliph al-Mahdi bought from the slave-trader, then he set her free and married her. He did as she wished and appointed two sons of hers to be her heirs. But when she got angry with him, she would say to his face: "I have never seen anything good from you!"
(Al-Barmakiyyah) was another slave woman who was bought and sold. Then she was bought by al-Mu'tamid Ibn 'Abbād, the king of Morocco. He freed her and made her a queen. When she saw the slave girls playing with mud, she became nostalgic and wanted to play with mud like them. The king ordered that a huge amount of perfume be prepared for her, in the form of mud, so that she could play with it. But when she got angry with him she said to him: "I have never seen anything good from you!" He would simply smile and say to her: "Not even the day of the mud?" Then she would get embarrassed...
It is the nature of women - except a few - to forget whatever favours have been done to them when a husband forgets or falls short in his treatment of them. It says in the hadīth: "O' woman, give in charity, for I have seen that you form the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." They said: "Why, O' Messenger of Allāh? He (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said: "You are quick to curse, you slander a great deal and you are ungrateful to a kind companion."
The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) also said: "I was shown Hell and most of its inhabitants were women, because they are ungrateful to a kind companion and are ungrateful for kind treatment. If you treat one them kindly for a lifetime, then she sees something (she dislikes) from you, she will say, I have never seen anything good from you!" If a man knew the nature of women, he would not get angry, worried or tense if a woman sometimes shows ingratitude towards him or claims that she had never seen anything good from him, even though he has done a great deal for her.
"The successful woman is supplicated for, praised by her husband, loved by her neighbours and respected by her friends."
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
*The Happiest Woman in the World*
*(A Treasure Chest of Reminders)*
*Part 3 of 12*
*BEING GRATEFUL TO THE BENEFICENT IS A DUTY*
"...Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and the excess in our affairs..." [Qur'an 3:147]
(Al-Khayzarān) was a slave woman who the caliph al-Mahdi bought from the slave-trader, then he set her free and married her. He did as she wished and appointed two sons of hers to be her heirs. But when she got angry with him, she would say to his face: "I have never seen anything good from you!"
(Al-Barmakiyyah) was another slave woman who was bought and sold. Then she was bought by al-Mu'tamid Ibn 'Abbād, the king of Morocco. He freed her and made her a queen. When she saw the slave girls playing with mud, she became nostalgic and wanted to play with mud like them. The king ordered that a huge amount of perfume be prepared for her, in the form of mud, so that she could play with it. But when she got angry with him she said to him: "I have never seen anything good from you!" He would simply smile and say to her: "Not even the day of the mud?" Then she would get embarrassed...
It is the nature of women - except a few - to forget whatever favours have been done to them when a husband forgets or falls short in his treatment of them. It says in the hadīth: "O' woman, give in charity, for I have seen that you form the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." They said: "Why, O' Messenger of Allāh? He (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said: "You are quick to curse, you slander a great deal and you are ungrateful to a kind companion."
The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) also said: "I was shown Hell and most of its inhabitants were women, because they are ungrateful to a kind companion and are ungrateful for kind treatment. If you treat one them kindly for a lifetime, then she sees something (she dislikes) from you, she will say, I have never seen anything good from you!" If a man knew the nature of women, he would not get angry, worried or tense if a woman sometimes shows ingratitude towards him or claims that she had never seen anything good from him, even though he has done a great deal for her.
"The successful woman is supplicated for, praised by her husband, loved by her neighbours and respected by her friends."
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
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