Najm
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Look, most things that are haraam have both harmful aspects as well as benefitial aspects, but the harmful aspects outweigh the benefits, like alcohol. Well, not having close open contact with members of the opposite sex until you get married as Islam dictates is much purer for us and takes away so much filth and evil, but it does mean that you have to work so much harder to understand enough about women, in order to be able to judge in the brief meetings and arrangements leading up to your engagement and marriage whether that is the right person for you or not.
Choosing the right person is crucial, and it is not at all easy for muslims in western countries because they can hardly bump into each other, and if they do, you're not supposed to communicate and have close relationships. So many times muslims just accept whomever is arranged through family and end up with hugely incompatible people.:blind:
You need to work a bit, talk your sister's head off and use every halal outlet to learn more about different women types, and what would a woman expect when you get married, what would they desire. Talk to different women in your family, learn what they do and what they like, and you'll start drawing patterns. Check with yourself what you like and how you want your life to be and start creating a vision for yourself. My wife doesn't do all the wonderful things because she is a pious god-fearing woman, she does all those wonderful things because she is a pious god-fearing woman who loves me and loves what I do for her and the way I treat her, and she is compatible to me because the things she does, I like, and it becomes a properly directed energy cycle that just grows. She knows how to wake me up, she knows how to get my attention, she knows how I like my space and things, and she is very comfortable doing all that. Guess what? She was divorced from a previous marriage that was the most horrible relationship she had. Relationships are not about bad people, it's about bad combinations.
Almost everybody loves chocolate, almost everybody loves a nice cool Coke, nobody will ever drink a chocolate soda!!!!
So make sure you choose a cherry for your cream cake, or suffer the consequences of fish and milk. :'(
When you have the right marriage, hold on tight and watch your life sail through in the right direction, and you'll be insha Allah reaping the benefits as you go along.
And most of all, say Al-Hamdolellah. A good compatible spouse is the biggest blessing you can ever have.
Sam
AsSalamOAlaikum WaRehmatuAllah WaBarkatuhu
SubhaanAllah!!! What an amazing post!!!! I love you for the sake of Allah (Subhana WaTaala). I totally agree with you and my attitude is like that too. I always believe rather than going out to look for the perfect girl, its much better to try and make myself the perfect man.

I must say for my own sisters marriage, she would conflict with you. She has got nothing out of her marriage except all the negatives in the world and a really "bad" man! I try my best to keep her patient and keep her going, but its really hard because she not even done a single thing wrong! imsad
I am getting contradicting views on marriage at the moment!
FiAmaaniAllah