Category: Marriage

An AMATEUR marries a woman for her LOOKS, A LEGEND marries a woman for her BOOKS! تنكح المرأة لكتبها!. " تزوج إسحاق بن راهويه بامرأة رجل كان عنده كتب الشافعي مات، لم يتزوج بها إلا للكتب! ". سير أعلام النبلاء (70/10) A man had some books of Imam Sha...

A beautiful woman was asked how she ended up getting married to an ugly husband ....she replied: لعله أحسن فيما بينه وبين ربه فجعلني ثوابه ، وأسأت فيما بيني وبين ربي فجعله عذابي "Perhaps, he did good in his life - between him and God - so G...

Omar Mukhtar's wife used to lift the curtain at the entrance of the tent - every time he entered. He asked why she did that? She said: "So you don't bow (your head) down to other than God." بكى عمر ...

It is recommended to marry men/women of other nations: 1- Ibn Qudamah said: يختار الأجنبية , فإن ولدها أنجب , ولهذا يقال : اغتربوا لا تضووا يعني : انكحوا الغرائب كي لا تضعف أولادكم "He should choose a foreign woman (not a re...

A poet says: إذا خطب الغني بنات قومي رقصن من المسرة والبشارة وإن جاء الفقير ولو تقيا ذهبن إلى صلاة الإستخارة "If a rich man asks the hand of girl, they happily dance because of the good news (Bishaarah); ...

A blind man married a woman. She said: "If only you could see me, you would have been in awe of my beauty!" The blind man said: "If that was true, the people of sight would not have left you to someone like m...

Juha said: "May God curse those who married before me and those who marry after me!" He was asked: "Why?" He replied: "Because those who married before me did not warn me, and those who marry after me do not ...

A Bedouin was asked: قيل لأعرابي : أتحب أن تموت امرأتك ؟ قال : لا قيل : ولم ؟ قال : أخاف أن أموت من الفرح "Don't you sometimes wish that your wife was dead?" The Bedouin replied: "No."...

"Till death do us part" ... this is not an Islamic concept. If marriages get toxic and don’t work out - separate. The Qur'an states: فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ "Either keep them honourably or part with them in honou...

A man married a woman. 4 of her previous husbands had died. This 5th husband also became sick and was about to die. On his death-bed, his wife sat at his head, crying and saying: "Who do you ...