The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times, Issue #27, February 2015 | Page 28

3- Improving the
Living Conditions
The Prophet (s.a.w) said:
When a man goes to shop
for his wife, he is similar to
one who takes charity to
the house of the needy.
When he gets home, he
should first give what he
has bought to his
daughters. This is so
because one who makes his
daughter happy is similar
to one who frees a slave
from Ismael's generation.
And one who makes his son
happy by giving him
something is similar to one
who cries for fear of God
given that God shall take
such a person into Heaven
filled with blessings.
The Prophet (s.a.w) has
admonished against a man
being full while his wife is
hungry. The sixth Imam
(a.s) said: A man should try
to do the following things
even if it is against his own
desires.
(1) Treating the family well
(2) Trying to improve his
living conditions without
being wasteful
(3) Being concerned about
protecting the family's

honour.
The fourth Imam (a.s) said:
God is more pleased with
the one who brings about
more improvement in his
family's living conditions.
The Prophet (s.a.w) said:
Whatever a Muslim man
buys for his wife has a
reward similar to that of
charity.
(4) Respecting the wife
The Prophet (s.a.w) said:
Anyone who gets married
should respect his wife.
He also said: Anyone who
hits his wife more than
three times (at once), will
be disgraced by God in the
Hereafter.
The Prophet (s.a.w) said:
Can you expect to hug your
wife at night, having
beaten her in the day time?
He also said: In fact a
woman is a doll; Anyone
who marries one should
not commit sin with it.
He also said: I wonder
about a man who beats his
wife, while he himself
deserves to be beaten
more. Do not beat your
wives with a stick since
there is retaliation for this