This is the male version of 7 Beautiful Pearls Which Make A Wife Special :)
What a Muslim husband should be like.
1. Dress up for your wife, look clean and smell good.
When was the last time you went shopping for the best clothing? Just like the husband wants his wife to look nice for him, she also wants her husband to dress up for her too. Remember that the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) would always start with Miswak (Brush Teeth) when returning home and always loved the sweetest smells.
2. Use the best names for your wife.
Call your wife by the most beloved names to her, and avoid using names that hurt their feelings.
3. Don't treat her like a fly.
We never think about a fly in our daily lives until it 'bugs' us. Similarly, a wife will do well all day - which brings no attention from the husband - until she does something to 'bug' him. Don't treat her like this; recognize all the good that she does and focus on that.
4. If you see wrong from your wife, don't try to change every single imperfection she has about her.
Abu Huraira (May God Be Pleased With Him) reported Allah's (God) Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) as saying: Woman is like a rib. When you attempt to straighten it, you would break it. And if you leave her alone you would benefit by her, and crookedness will remain in her. [Muslim]
5. Smile at your wife whenever you see her and embrace her often.
Smiling is Sadaqah (Charity) and your wife is not exempt from the Muslim Ummah (Society). Imagine life with her constantly seeing you smiling. Remember also those Hadeeth (Prophet Teaching) when the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) would kiss his wife before leaving for Salah (Prayer), even when he was fasting.
6. Thank her for all that she does for you.
Then thank her again! Take for example a dinner at your house. She makes the food, cleans the home, and a dozen other tasks to prepare. And sometimes the only acknowledgment she receives is that there needed to be more salt in the soup. Don't let that be; thank her!
7. Ask her to write down the last ten things you did for her that made her happy.
Then go and do them again. It may be hard to recognize what gives your wife pleasure. You don't have to play a guessing game, ask her and work on repeating those times in your life.
8. Don't belittle her desires Comfort her.
Sometimes the men may look down upon the requests of their wives. The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) set the example for us in an incident when Safiyyah (May God Be Pleased With Her) was crying because, as she said, he had put her on a slow camel. He wiped her tears, comforted her, and brought her the camel.
9. Be humorous and play games with your wife.
Look at how the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) would race with his wife Aisha (May God Be Pleased With Her) in the desert. When was the last time we did something like that?
10. Always remember the words of Allah's (God) Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him):
NOTE: For the women who read, please do not rub this into your husband's faces because it won't work to fix the situation. In fact I believe many things here are applicable to women also respectively. This should be read with the intention to rectify ourselves and not knit-pick and find faults in others.
In conclusion: Never forget to make Dua (Prayer) to Allah (God) to make your marriage successful.
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