Broken Bowls and Flowing Tears: Prophet Muhammad as Husband Extroardinaire!

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Uthmān;1146174 said:

The wise steps that Prophet Muhammad [صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم] took, however, to satiate his wife’s envy and to prevent the situation from turning into a domestic battle, are detailed below:
  • He refrained from rebuking her or shouting at her before others. This would have undoubtedly humiliated her. Instead, he calmly offered a simple explanation for her behavior to onlookers (i.e. his companions, including the narrator): “Your mother felt jealous.” Note how he referred to her with a respectful title before the assembled group. With this simple statement, he gave her leeway for being a human being - and a woman, at that - who got affected by her innate human emotions.

  • He physically remedied the situation by cleaning up the mess himself. This indicates his humility and greatness of character. He could have asked her, or one of his younger companions, to clean up - the narrator is Anas Bin Malik, who was much younger than the Prophet and dedicated for his service, yet the latter did not ask him to do the cleaning-up. He didnot ask his wife to do it either - knowing her angry state and not wanting to humiliate her by making her clean up before an audience - he humbly did the job himself. What a great model for every man! A husband cleaning up a dish broken by his wife, without even being asked!

  • He executed justice, and arranged for compensation, by asking his wife to replace her co-wife’s broken utensil as well as its contents. That is, despite his patience and forgiveness for her angry outburst, he made her compensate the wife who had been unduly wronged for an action that was very praiseworthy in itself: preparing and sending them a meal.
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AsSalamOAlaikum WaRehmatuAllah WaBarkatuhu

SubhaanAllah!! My role model (SalAllahu Alayhi WaSalam)!!!:statisfie:statisfie:statisfie
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I think the comments were exaggerated... And it made women look rather irrational. :p Besides, I duno why they were insulted? If they took as an insult, and then notice that the author is talking about the Sahabiyah (Radiallahu Anhum), did they process it as an insult on the Sahabiyah?! Seriously... :exhausted

Anyhoo, I liked the article. :thumbs_up
 

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