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Treating One’s Wife with Honor

alkafi-10143Vol. 5, p. 510

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِنَّمَا الْمَرْأَةُ لُعْبَةٌ مَنِ اتَّخَذَهَا فَلَا يُضَيِّعْهَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘A woman is like a doll which one chooses but does not waste or destroy. 5 ”

alkafi-10144Vol. 5, p. 510

فِي رِسَالَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِلَى الْحَسَنِ ع لَا تُمَلِّكِ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ مَا يُجَاوِزُ نَفْسَهَا[1] فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَنْعَمُ لِحَالِهَا وَ أَرْخَى لِبَالِهَا وَ أَدْوَمُ لِجَمَالِهَا فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ رَيْحَانَةٌ وَ لَيْسَتْ بِقَهْرَمَانَةٍ وَ لَا تَعْدُ بِكَرَامَتِهَا نَفْسَهَا[2] وَ اغْضُضْ بَصَرَهَا بِسِتْرِكَ وَ اكْفُفْهَا بِحِجَابِكَ وَ لَا تُطْمِعْهَا أَنْ تَشْفَعَ لِغَيْرِهَا فَيَمِيل

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that it is in the letter of ’Amir al-Mu 5 minin to al-Hassan (a.s.), which says, ‘You must not give control of things beyond her own affairs to a woman; it is easier for her condition, comfortable for her mind and helps her beauty to last longer, because women are like sweet basil and n