Wife

A good wife is heaven's best gift to man, his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her industry his surest wealth, her respect his cause of grace, her lips his faithful counselors, her bosom the soft pillow of the cares. She is the good man's paradise, and the bad's first step to heaven, a treasure which, who wants, cannot be trusted to posterity, nor pay his own debts ; she's a golden sentence written by our Maker, which the angels may discourse of, only men know how to use, and none but devils violate. No doubt, a good wife binds earth to heaven. In Islam, a typical family home is the earliest institution of education or school for babies and children. And no body can approve of a school without a teacher. That's why without an essential need, she should not leave her children alone when they need her the most. As a wife, she is a hallmark of honesty, Islamic obedience, sincerity and love. Yes, for a real Muslim wife, her husband, children and familyare more important than her career. Being a true Muslim woman, she doesn't feelany shame or insult in doing housework or family work. And when it comes to cooking, of course she does know that her way to her husband's " heart " goes through his "stomach ".

Similarly, Islam does allow
a woman to work providing it doesn't affect her personality or her family in a
bad way. It's obligatory for her, like men, to get education, exactly on the
same levels, which are for men. Islam completely allows woman to go outside and
work in such social places as required by their services e.g. hospitals, social
institutions, schools, nursing. If she has no breadwinner or if husband is
unable to afford the expanses of the whole family, she may as well go and work
outside in a suitable place.

"Anger is a condition
in which the tongue works faster than the mind.”

There was a complete
silence in the classroom, and they could hear one another’s
breathing.

“All of us should be
very patient. Especially women should really have the wealth of patience and
tolerance. A woman who has control over her temper is very successful in all
fields of her life, especially in her married life.” She finished
writing on the board and turned to face her students.

(An excerpt from the internationally-acclaimed
"Hijaab Waali" (The veiled girl), an online English novel by Dr. Ikram
Abidi)