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Welcome back to the program the social conduct of a Muslim we have been discussing the relationship between a husband and a wife and

and the general situation within the Muslim home. Let us understand that there are many, many books that are written in this regard and there are many, many programs whether on the radio or in various newspapers, etc., etc.

regarding this particular issue and so many people have discussed this in their lectures and so many people have tackled it.

This shows us the importance of this particular issue. Today I wish to actually raise a few points that I have come across from a certain book which is actually written by one great scholar in London,

Mawlana Musa Karmadi, May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant him a long and healthy life. He has actually written a book on the sexual relations and married life.

In this book there is a section on the rights between or the rights of the husband and the rights of the wife.

Now we had been mentioning yesterday that there are certain issues and aspects that we need to always be conscious about as married people.

And part of what we said is we need to respect each other, we need to abstain from shouting and screaming, swearing, we need to trust one another,

we need to spend time with one another, we need to make sure that we are always in the obedience of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the way we dress, we need to lead by example,

the words we use, we need to make sure we carefully select them and think about what we are going to say before we actually say it, try and say it in the best way possible.

Similarly we also mentioned that all this brushes off onto our children and therefore we need to abstain from evil and bad qualities.

In fact, you know if a person is engaged, a woman is engaged in gossiping all day, back biting all day, the daughters will be exactly the same because they will probably see their mother doing this day in day out and they will think that this is what is required from a Muslim woman.

Imagine what it disgrace to the prophets of Allah, what it disgrace to Islam and the Muslims that your children actually think that what you are doing is a requirement of the Sharia,

may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala protect us from Shaitan.

So coming across this particular book, what had happened is the points that this Molana has actually mentioned are so valid that I decided that I will actually read out from this particular booklet for the benefit of the listeners here in today in Shia Allah.

So he starts off by firstly mentioning the rights of the wife over the husband, which means the husband needs to do the following.

The first point he says, he must provide food, clothing and accommodation for his wife and children.

Regarding food and clothing, he must provide them that of a similar standard of his own.

And regarding accommodation, if he is staying with his parents or other family members, he must ensure that his wife is given her privacy and freedom, such that when the two are alone, they are in a carefully state.

This privacy must also protect her from interference by anyone besides the husband himself.

And obviously this is the independence of the woman that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has granted her, she has the right to her own independence when she is married.

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