الخميس، 2 يوليو 2020

Did quarantine put added stress on your marriage?

Did quarantine put added stress on your marriage? Here are some great tips from Br Safi’s Rekindle Your Marriage series that are still relevant (if not more so) today!
1. Understand you are not more important than your partner.
2. Allah subhaanahu wa ta’aala addresses us collectively often, and we even say إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين (you alone WE worship and you alone WE ask for help) even when we are praying alone! Why? Islam stresses WE, not I, too! It’s most important to understand this in marriage too. Team work makes the dream work.
3. Appreciate each other.
من لم يشكر القليل لم يشكر الكثير ، ومن لم يشكر الناس لم يشكر الله عز وجل
Whoever does not thankful for the little things, isn’t going to be thankful for the big things. Whoever is not thankful to people isn’t thankful to Allah!
It’s more than just say “thank you”, it’s also to feel the gratitude in your heart. To appreciate the other person and to think positively of the other person.
4. Be able to forgive your spouse regularly ; and not take action against each other.
أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Wouldn’t you like Allah to forgive you? Allah is very forgiving, very merciful.
5. Don’t make unilateral decisions in your marriage! Allah describes the believer in the Qur’an as someone who answers Allah’s call � وَالَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ�“Those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and who consult each other…”
6. Positive words go a long way! Remember to say good things. “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day… let him say good things.”
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ (7
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those - Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

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