Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics

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husband.Shesaid:'Iusedtocomparemyhusband'sfacewithothermen
and I regretted my marriage with him'."


DearMadam!ifyouareinterested inan everlastingmarriage; ifyou
donot wantmentaldistress;andifyouwant toconductanormallife,
thenstopbeingselfishandforgetyourvainhopes.Donotmakecompli-
mentsforothermen.Donotthinkofanymanotherthanyourhusband.
Do not think to yourself:


"I wish I had married so and so"
"I wish my husband looked like... ;"
"I wish my husband's job was... ;"

Whyshouldyouimprisonyourselfwiththesethoughts?Whyshould
youupsetthefoundationsofyourmarriage?Ifanyofthosewisheshad
cometrue,howwouldyouknowthatyouwouldhavebeenmoresatis-
fied?Areyousurethat thewivesof thoseso-called"faultless"menare
satisfied with them?


DearMadam!ifyourhusbandsuspectsthatyoushowinterestinother
men, he would be disheartened and would lose interest in you. You
mustnotcutjokeswithothermenorkeepcompanywiththem.Menare
sosensitivethattheycannoteventoleratetheirwivestoshowaninterest
in a picture of another man.


TheHolyProphet(SA)stated:"Anymarriedwomanwholooksatoth-
er men, would be subject to the vehement wrath of Allah"

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