The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times, Issue #27, February 2015 | Page 22

It is essential to keep in mind
that when signing the marriage
contract, you are also agreeing
to fully trust your partner.
A lot of marriage breakdowns
occur when one partner begins
to suspect the other is hiding
something.
The maliciousness of this
suspicion is mentioned in the
Quran in Surah Hujarat, verse
12, “O you who believe!
Avoid most of suspicion, for
surely suspicion in some cases is
a sin.”
Keeping trust in your partner
also means that both are open
with each other and disclose all
secrets they may have.
To be on the safe side, it is
better to take the cat out of the
bag before sealing the marriage
contract so that both have
assurance of their decision, and
are then able to carry forth this
openness into the marriage.
In order to be able to trust and
support a partner, the building
block required is the commonly
heard ‘C’ word.
Communication is the breathing
mechanism through which
married couples express almost
entirely everything.
Whether its sadness, anger,
happiness or sheer delight,

communicating your thoughts
and feelings to your partner is
essential and is a key step to
dealing with any difficult
situations that may come along
the way. Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s)
stated, “When you lo