Looking good for our spouses #WorkFromHome

Abdullah ibn Abbas said,

إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَتَزَيَّنَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ كَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَزَيَّنَ لِي لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ
“Verily, I love to beautify myself for my wife, just as I love for her to beautify herself for me, due to the saying of Allah Almighty in the Qur’an:

وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِنَّ
They have rights similar to those over them.” (Al-Baqarah 2:228)
(Ref: al-Sunan al-Kubrá 14264, Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ahmad Shakir)

Abdullah ibn Abbas, the great scholar of tafsir would interpret this verse to mean that rights of the spouse is to look nice for one another.

An important reminder as most of us will be spending lots of time indoors and working from home.

Food for thought: Why not put in the extra effort to groom ourselves for the people who matter the most? Why do we need the excuse of leaving the house, attending a function, a social media post, or going to the office to get us to do that?

Above all else: What is our intention for “looking good”, anyway – especially if we only do that if we leave the home?

Rasulullah, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said,

أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا وَخِيَارُكُمْ خِيَارُكُمْ لِنِسَائِهِمْ خُلُقًا
“The most perfect of believers are those who are best in their character – and the best of you are those who are best to their wives” (Narrated by Ibn Majah and At-Tirmidzi, who graded it hasan sahih)

#WFH #CoolnessOfOurEyes
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