AND LIVE WITH THEM HONORABLY Allāh, the Most High, states: | Beneficial Books

AND LIVE WITH THEM HONORABLY

Allāh, the Most High, states:

وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا

"And live with them honorably. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allāh brings through it a great deal of good." *
* (Sūrah al-Nisā' [4:19]


Al-Sa'īdi (رحمه اللّٰه) stated,

"This consist of living with them honorably in statement and action. It is upon the husband to deal with his wife honorably in all which is good. This encompasses good companionship, refraining from harming (her), benevolence and good dealings.

This includes providing for her, clothing her and the like. So it is obligatory upon the husband to spend upon the wife according to what is reasonable for someone like him in relation to someone of her standing, according to the time and place; and this differs depending on various circumstances and situations." *

* Tafsir al-Sa'dī (p. 172).

Book: A Message Exclusively to the Husbands
By Shaykh Abū Furayhān Jamāl Ibn Furayhān al-Hārithī
Translated by Anwar Wright and Isa Underdue
Hikmah Publications
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