Re: Breaking Point
Umm relationships? I guess that would include marriage.
Hmm... what comes to mind is the generation gap:
The women of today and yesterday. BIG DIFFERENCE.
Women of yesterday were patient, understanding and all the good characteristics of a wife. Women of today are generally feminist, liberal, impatient, don't understand the meaning of marriage and how to make it work. Women don't realize the implications or consequences of their actions in the long run. They forget that their entry to paradise is their husbands satisfaction.
Men of today have HIGH expectations and very little patience. They expect their women to have degrees, work, take care of the children and work the house. Pretty much wonderwoman which is impossible for any normal human being to do. Men of yesterday were far more practical and really conducted themselves in the way a man should where he is the leader while the wife is the maintainer of his house and his kids.
These days the concept of a nuclear family has been blown out of the water by all the single mothers or mothers to be running rampant sucking the system. Look at society where it is today, why marriages are falling apart, why are there so many breaking points and very little patience and a lot of bull about setting thresholds. Each time you put yourself a limit, it gets extended. We've all been there for those of us who have been in relationships. Marriage is HARD work but soooo worth it. I'm sure when you go through a weekend in a marriage it feels like you've been working all week at times eh? Ideally, we should strive towards the sabr of Ayub. Ofcourse, not all of us are built to take sh*t, oops yet we do :-D. God puts us in these situations because He knows us better than we do ourselves. Lets face it, all of us miss some part of our past single lives where it was much easier to deal with and have no one to answer to, no *****fest to deal with and no battles.
Some of you may not like what I say here but hey its the truth.
Lets take a page from the book of our parents, grandparents moreover the life of Khadija and Mohammad (pbuh) and see how it is truely done rather than end it all at a breaking point of talaaq. Its said that Talaaq is the worse of halaal and when a marriage is broken, a shaytaan that was assigned to break your marriage is crowned. Examine the life of Muhammad, how he had a catty wife Hafsa who was "hazir jawab" and also the daughter of one of the companions. The Prophet was tempted to give her talaaq but he didn't due to a revelation through Jibril. Look at how he lived, how Umar lived, these men were greater than all of the men of time. They took the crap of their perfectly imperfect wives like a whip but put them in their place very strategically.
The first talaaq to my knowledge that took place in the history of Islam was between Zayd and Zaynab. Zaynab was from the tribe of Quraiysh (Prophet's family) while Zayd was an adopted son by the Prophet who happened to be black. This marriage did not succeed because the two were not attracted to one another and could not connect at any level. When two people cannot make it work by any means and have exhausted ALL options. Thats when talaaq ar rahma takes place. The divorce of kindness where two people come to a mutual understanding and nothing is messy.
The society of today does not believe in a cohesive relationship where both partners compliment one another than compete. The definition of a woman has changed as the definition of a man according to the mutated customs and traditions of today (signs of judgement day). Independence is glorified while "convenience relationships with no strings attached" are a fad. There are many who have achieved the worldly degrees and have become experts in their respective field but when it comes to family life have lost it all for the sake of a few moments of independance. The greater good is lost in translation. Marriage is half your religion. They say that for a reason, its a test of faith. Marriage is a business transaction and a diplomatic mission. Marriage is a compromise, marriage is a test of you, your mind, body and soul.
Sometimes 1 relationship at a time does not cut it, consider polygamy . . . its practical and very much in our faith. Those who condemn it for jealousy, wake up and smell the aloo gosht!! Its so practical for all the men and wives are on their toes in sisterhood trying to match each other up... oh the drama haha. Alright, this should do it for now. I rambled a lot. cheers . . . .
each n everyword .. well put!! props to u dude/dudette! thumbs up