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 *Today's Husbands*

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بسم الله الرحمان الرجيم

Let me tell you a story of a man they buried just yesterday here. He was known for neglect of family responsibilities. He died, and his family buried him. That night, his son saw him in a dream, his face distorted in agony.

“Father,” the son cried, “What has happened to you?”
The father replied, his voice a hollow whisper, “My son, my punishment began the moment my body touched the earth. Every morsel of food I denied your mother and you, every heartbreak I caused your mother—they have become a mountain of debt upon my chest, crushing me in my grave. My good deeds are being taken from me to pay what I owe,”

Brother,

Providing for your wife and children is not a matter of "helping out." It is a wajib—a non-negotiable, divinely-mandated OBLIGATION. It is a debt you incur every single day. The food on their plate, the clothes on their back, the quality time you spend with them, the smile you put on their faces—this is not your charity. It is their God-given right, and you aremerely the deliveryman of Allah's provision.

When you withhold this right, you are not being smart with money. You are stealing from your own family and robbing from the trust Allah placed in you. You are piling bricks onto your own grave, building a prison for your soul in the afterlife.

Muslim Faithful,

Imagine a man standing on the Day of Judgment, a day so terrifying that children will turn grey-haired. He thought he was safe. He had prayed his prayers and fasted his fasts. But now, he is pulled aside.

His wife, the one he neglected in the worldly life, is brought forward. On this Day, she is a truthful witness. Allah gives her the right to speak, and she points at him, declaring to the Lord of the Worlds:

"My Lord! He caused me so much pain, he ate when I was hungry. He enjoyed comfort while I struggled with paying bills for myself and his children. He had the opportunity to make me happy, but he locked his heart and his wallet, leaving me and his children in want."

And in that moment, a transfer begins. The good deeds from his book of actions—the rewards for his prayers, his fasts—begin flowing into her scale. He watches in horror, unable to stop it, until his own scale is empty and heavy with the sins of betrayal.

This reminds me,

It is said that a man once came to the great scholar, Hasan al-Basri, weeping over his hardships. His business was failing, and he could barely provide for his family. Hasan al-Basri listened patiently and then asked him a single, piercing question: "Would you withhold the seed from the soil for fear of the drought?"

The man was confused. "Of course not," he replied. "For if I do not plant the seed, the drought is guaranteed. But if I plant it, there is always hope for rain and a harvest."

Hasan al-Basri said, "So it is with your family. Your provision is the seed, and your home is the soil. Withhold it, and you guarantee spiritual poverty and ruin. Sow it generously, and Allah will surely bring about ease after hardship, and bless you with a harvest in this world and the next."

Brother,

Allah (swt) has chosen you for this noble role. HE has entrusted you with a soul and made you responsible for others. Yes. Today, you have a choice: Will you be the man whose grave becomes his first prison because of neglected rights?
Or will you be the man whose family's prayers become light in his grave?