Having fun
Light-hearted moments in a marriage keep the love
going.
The Prophet (pbuh) always kept his smile with his
wives and he used to laugh and please them to make
them laugh as well. With all the troubles around him,
he used to take his wife Aisha, to the desert and say,
“Aisha, let’s race!” And she used to race him and win.
After some time, she gained a little weight and they
raced again. At that time, he won and said to her, “This
time I won!”
What the Prophet (pbuh) avoided in marriage is also
of value. He never did public scolding/ shaming of
his spouse.The most he would do when angry was the
silent treatment or taking personal space.
He never hit: “The Prophet (pbuh) has not ever beaten any
woman, any servant or anything in his hand…”
And he always showed respect to the privacy of the
marriage: “The worst rank for a man at the day of judgment is
the rank of the man who sleeps with his wife and then discloses
her privacy”.
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One may take the hadith in an academic sense, but
they really give an insight into what a wonderful
human being the Prophet (pbuh) was.
May Allah allow us to take example from the kindness,
gentleness, maturity and wisdom that the Prophet
(pbuh) demonstrated as the ideal spouse.
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