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Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini Islamic Propagation Organization Islamic Republic of Iran 1984 Contents Foreword ............................................................................................ i Preface .............................................................................................. iii Part 1: The Duties of Women ............................................................ 1 The Purpose of Marriage ............................................................... 1 Living with Husband ..................................................................... 5 Kindness ........................................................................................ 6 The Husband's Respect ................................................................. 9 Complaints and Grievances ......................................................... 11 Pleasant Dispositions .................................................................. 13 Wrong Expectations .................................................................... 16 Be a Comfort for Your Husband ................................................. 18 Be Appreciative ........................................................................... 20 Do not Look for Shortcomings.................................................... 22 Don't Look at Anyone Other Than Your Husband ..................... 25 Islamic Hijab ............................................................................... 27 Forgive Your Husband's Mistakes .............................................. 30 Coping with Your Husband's Relatives ...................................... 31 Coping With Your Husband's Job ............................................... 33 If You Have to Live Away From Your Hometown .................... 36 If Your Husband Works at Home ............................................... 38 Help Your Husband to Make Progress ........................................ 40 Be Careful That He is Not Misled ............................................... 42 Suspicious Women ...................................................................... 45 Do Not Pay Attention to Slanderous Talks ................................. 56 The Satisfaction of Your Husband and Not Your Mother .......... 59 Be Clean and Beautiful at Home Also ........................................ 63 Be a Mother to Him ..................................................................... 65 Accept His Management ............................................................. 67 Be Resourceful when Times are Hard......................................... 70 Do not Refuse to Talk and do not Sulk ....................................... 71 Remain Silent when he is Angry ................................................. 74 Men's Hobbies ............................................................................. 76 Housekeeping .............................................................................. 77 Cleanliness .................................................................................. 79 A Tidy House .............................................................................. 82 Preparing Food ............................................................................ 85 Receiving Guests ......................................................................... 90 The Trustee of the House ............................................................ 96 Careers of women ....................................................................... 97 Do not Waste your Spare Time ................................................. 101 Motherhood (Caring for Children) ............................................ 103 Nutrition and Hygiene ............................................................... 107 Part 2: The Duties of Men ............................................................. 111 The Guardian of the Family ...................................................... 111 Taking Care of your Wife ......................................................... 112 Be Loving towards Her ............................................................. 112 Respect Your Wife .................................................................... 116 Be Well-mannered .................................................................... 118 Complaining Unnecessarily ...................................................... 124 Picking up Quarrels ................................................................... 125 Appease Her and Sympathize with Her .................................... 127 Do not pick up Faults ................................................................ 129 Do not Pay Attention to Slanderous Talk of the Critics ............ 131 Overlook Her Mistakes ............................................................. 136 Be Attentive .............................................................................. 144 The Disciplinary Rights of the Husband ................................... 148 Suspicious Men ......................................................................... 153 The Unfaithful Woman ............................................................. 160 Do not Go After Other Women ................................................. 162 Be Grateful ................................................................................ 165 Be Clean at Home Also ............................................................. 167 Nurse Your Wife ....................................................................... 170 Family Economy ....................................................................... 172 Extend Your Help in the Household Works .............................. 175 Return Home Soon .................................................................... 176 Be Faithful ................................................................................. 177 Education and Training ............................................................. 179 Having A Child ......................................................................... 182 Pregnancy and Childbirth .......................................................... 189 Assistance in Bringing up Children .......................................... 192 The Major Obstacle in Settling down Disagreements ............... 194 Divorce ...................................................................................... 196 Foreword The human society is comprised of families. Islam attaches great importance to real pleasure and prosperity of human beings through Islamically balanced, highly ethical, well-educated and well-behaved families and happy homes. Like in all the fields of human activity, Islam has laid down clearly and in detail the rights and duties of men and women, husbands and wives and also parents and children. The happy homes having pleasant environment, in which husband, wife, children and other relatives live together merrily with good mutual understanding, tolerance and respect as well as fulfilling their respective duties towards each other, is indeed an index of the highest status the Almighty Allah has blessed, among the creatures, to all human beings. Unfortunately, the lack of appreciation about these aspects, particularly by husbands and wives, leads to many problems for themselves as well as for the children-the future generations. In advanced and western countries, with more and more progress, greater technological and scientific achievements and very fast and ultramodern way of life, the rate of divorces and separations is alarming. Considering the importance of the subject, the I.P.O. is taking the privilege of publishing this book (originally in Persian language) written by an eminent Islamic scholar, a noted author and a senior professor of Islamic Jurisprudence at, Hawzah Ilmiyyah (Islamic Theological Centre), Qum, Iran, Hujjatul-Islam Ibrahim Amini. The author has taken great pains in conducting research and deep study on the subject of family ethics and husband-wife relationship. The first part deals with duties of women and the second part contains duties of men. Along with the duties, rights of husbands on wives and those of wives on husbands have also been described quoting relevant verses of the Holy Qur'an and Ahadith (traditions). i Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics It is hoped that the book would be found very useful for all and every home would treasure this to derive the maximum benefit for creating and maintaining the serene and pleasant environment, full of Allah's blessings. International Relations Department Islamic Propagation Organization ii
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