In the eighth episode of his Ramadan Program broadcast on Egyptian TV, the Grand Imam: The couple's affection for eEach other positively reflects on the family and brings happiness
His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof Ahmed Aṭ-Ṭayyeb said, “Respect for and appreciation of the husband is a key right, which the wife should maintain. The Prophet (PBUH) made it an easy, guaranteed and fast way for the wife to enter Paradise.”
The Imam cited in this regard the Hadith of Asmaa bint Yazid Al-Ansariyya, who was named women ambassador. She went to the Prophet (PBUH) and said to him: “I am the women's delegate to you, and I am sure that any woman in the East or the West agrees on my stance, whether she heard about it or not. Allah has sent you to men and women, and we have believed in you and in the guidance that Allah has sent you with. We, ‘womenfolk’, are commanded to stay in your (husbands') houses, satisfy your desires and conceive your children, while you, ‘menfolk’, have privileges over us by (attending) Friday and congregational prayers, visiting the sick, witnessing the funerals and frequently performing Hajj, and the best of that is Jihad for the sake of Allah. If any one of you goes out for Hajj, ‘Umra or Jihad, we protect your wealth, spin your garments and raise your children. Don’t we share the reward with you, Messenger of Allah?”
His Eminence added that the Prophet (PBUH) then turned his face towards his companions and said: “Have you ever heard a better statement by a woman on a religious question than this?” They said, "We swear by Allah, we did not think that a woman was guided to such a level. Then the prophet (PBUH) turned to her and said, “You may leave now, woman, and tell other women who delegated you that a woman's good relationship with her husband, seeking his pleasure, and maintaining his approval, are indeed equal to all the above (male privileges; in terms of reward)”. The woman left cheering and exclaiming happily, ‘Allah is Great’. Here, Asmaa Bint Yazid represents an international delegate of women for all times and places.
The Grand Imam explained that the woman's maintained kindness to her husband, and her efforts to sustain the cohesion and persistence of the family, bring her a great reward that leads her to enter the Paradise through any of its gates at will, because kindness to the husband will reflect positively on the whole family and will bring happiness to all.
When the wife tries to win the affection of her husband, she will reap the fruit of her good deed. The same thing applies for the husband, as the Prophet (PBUH) said: “If the woman prays her five (obligatory prayers), observes her due fasting month (Ramadan), guards her private parts (chastity) and obeys her husband, she is told (by the angels), ‘Enter Paradise through any gate you like’.”
The Sheikh of Al-Azhar commended both husbands and wives to be kind to each other, to avoid roughness, to be patient and kind towards each other, and to avoid disaffection in favor of tenderness and kindness, because humans cannot always bear disaffection, which has a negative impact on children. The solution to marital disagreement, as some husbands may think, is not to marry another woman, because this involves greater burden on him and may disturb the stability of his family. God says: "For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good".
The Grand Imam's program is broadcast at 6:15 pm daily throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan. The program discusses a number of Muslim family issues, the rights recognized by Islam for husband and wife, and how to preserve the family entity as a basis for building a sound human community.