MAY ALLAH GUIDE THEM TO ISLAM
I saw a message on Twitter from a certain Maureen Bahema earlier today, Friday 29th Sha’aban, 1446H, which reads:
“When I become a wife, one of my greatest priorities will be to create a home my husband can’t wait to return to, a place where he feels deeply respected, loved, valued and completely at peace.”
Just from the name, the writer is a non-Muslim, but the message was so deep, sounding like the one from the mind of a woman of Eemaan, with good manners with Allah and from a good home. So I thought to share it with one of our sisters (may Allah preserve her); just by of extending benefits to others. Then our sister she sent me the messages you will read below.
After reading it all, I felt it appropriate that both the original Twitter post and the response from our sister deserve to be read by us all, more so that the person described in the message by our sister is also a non-Muslim. She said:
“Mallam if I told you about my mum and how she treats my dad. I only pray she becomes a Muslim so that she reaps the reward insha Allah
Naam mallam. I wonder at her
And that’s how my dad is so stuck to her
Right from a young age we saw that thing she does of always putting my dad above. If we are given gifts in school for coming first position and the rest, she says keep it until dad comes to visit. My dad comes to visit like every 3 or 4 months
Everything is about daddy, let’s hear what daddy’s decision will be, etc
His food, plate, cup and cutlery is different. We are not allowed to use his utensils
Till date, my dad still has his food set which no one else uses
When they go out, she doesn’t talk anyhow or put her mouth when he’s talking. She’s usually quiet around his friends unless invited to speak
If you tell her something and say don’t tell daddy, you are almost wasting your time. She will eventually tell him. Even her finances, she is not able to hide them from him
Even in our religious activities, she will use her money to cook for Eid
I’ve not known a woman like my mum to my dad. So many things. I just really feel bad she’s not a Muslim
Her commitment to my dad is something else. We even get jealous we her children.
I do say she loves her husband more than she loves we her children. Her loyalty is with him. Even if you plan with my mum, don’t think she will be on your side at the end of the day. She will likely go with her husband
And that’s how my dad too goes with her. If my mum doesn’t agree on something, my dad will hardly agree too
I wish I could have her dedication. She has a shop she runs and loves sooo much. You will even hear her say, if you love me, you should love helping out at my shop. But when my dad is around, she doesn’t go to the shop as she will normally do
I do fear for them dying separately
Even in Ramadan,she cooks diligently for him. Like today that the moon has been sighted, it’s she I informed to pass the message to my dad just in case he misses the news as they traveled
She loves her husband so much. Before she retired, she will always cook his breakfast before going to work whenever he was around
And also cook lunch when he returns. She normally doesn’t leave his meal for us to prep. Then on some days, when she cooks a meal and he has not returned, she will say that meal is now cold, and she will cook another
She won’t reheat or anything. She cooks a new one”
All these are about KAAFIRAAT…
I beg Allah, the Lord of all that exists to guide these women into Islam, and rectify many of the women of Islam and their men, Amin
COMPILED BY ABU NAASIR
