All praise is due only to Allaah. We laud Him and beseech His

 The importance of the husband/wife relationship
We understand that the relationship between the husband and 
the wife is of utmost importance. The Shariah and Nabi 
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had laid much stress on this. If the 
spouses do not fulfil the rights of each other then the 
repercussions of this will reflect on not only their home-
environment, but on both their families. This in turn will have 
an adverse effect on society as a whole. 
Women are your prisoners
Hadhrat Amar bin Ahwas (radhiallahu anhu) states that Nabi 
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) once gave a sermon where he 
praised Allaah Ta'ala, and said, 
“Listen carefully! I advise you 
to have amicable relations with your wives. They are prisoners 

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in your home…”
Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had stressed 
greatly on having good relations with wives. 
Take lesson from an innocent girl
Hadhrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahmatullah alayh) said 
that we should derive lesson from an innocent uneducated girl 
who, just because of two sentences – i.e. of proposal and 
acceptance – she had established a relationship with one man, 
and left and ‘forsake’ her parents, family, home, friends and 
even her village. She had ‘relinquished’ all other ties and 
became solely her husband’s. So much of loyalty and sacrifice 
just based on two simple sentences. Hadhrat Thaanwi 
(rahmatullah alayh) said that the women have so much of trust 
that they are prepared to sacrifice everything and give 
themselves over to their husbands based on two simple 
sentences and yet you cannot give yourself over to your Rabb 
based on the two simple sentences of 
*ا ل6ر ;" *ا <ا =ا <
 
How much of sacrifice has your wife not given for you
In the Hadith Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is bringing to 
our notice the sacrifice which a woman gives for her husband. 
Just imagine what if the situation was the other way around. 
Would you be able to leave your families behind and go and 
live with total strangers? Keep this sacrifice of your wife in 
mind and appreciate her.