At our mosque, there is a class every Saturday morning held by a really sweet lady. She takes us through the Qur’an, explains every passage and the significance behind it.
One morning before the class started, someone asked a question about divorce. Aunti began to explain how Talaq is one of the most disliked things in Islam and isnt encouraged unless its a very dire situation. She proceeded to give the fine example of her next door neighbor:
Married woman who was beaten by her husband every night in front of her 4 children. Every night the whole neighborhood heard her screaming and every morning she pretended like nothing happened. One day, someone asked her why she doesnt leave her abusive husband and she answered: “mein duniya ko kaise moon dikhaungi talaq-shuda hoke. Kamaskam mein abhi sar utha ke ye to kehsakti hoon ke mera shohar hai aur mein shaadi-shuda hoon”.
Later on, her husband passed away and all of her kids became successful professionals who now treat her so well she cannot complain.
Aunti said: see how her perseverance paid off**? In the end, Allah swt gave her so much happiness she didnt know what to do with it.**
You should have asked the Aunty…then what Punishment did God give to the people who wanted her to remain in this horrific marriage, otherwise they would have wagged their tales that look, this lady left her husband?