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fatzbrekker's review
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4.0
It's very insightful, but it's more beneficial to a man than it is to a woman.
It places a lot of focus on how a man should treat a woman, and what a wife is owed by her husband. A lot of it are basic human rights, a concept that, unsurprisingly, a lot of men today do not understand. Whilst it does create a positive reassurance for a woman because it explains her rights, a lot of it is, a) self explanatory, especially for a woman that already knows what she deserves, and b) more catered to a male audience, in particular, one that does not actually understand that his wife has rights, and what they are.
Saying all that, I did quite like how it bridged the gap between the more traditional/cultural views on marriage and the modern perspectives. Both men and women do need to understand the difference between cultural and Islamic attitudes to marriage, and actually use the Sunnah way as a baseline, rather than what the whole community thinks. Only then can a couple truly have barakah in their marriage.
I'm glad I read it, but I know my husband, and all other Muslim men, would and should take a lot more from it than I have.
It places a lot of focus on how a man should treat a woman, and what a wife is owed by her husband. A lot of it are basic human rights, a concept that, unsurprisingly, a lot of men today do not understand. Whilst it does create a positive reassurance for a woman because it explains her rights, a lot of it is, a) self explanatory, especially for a woman that already knows what she deserves, and b) more catered to a male audience, in particular, one that does not actually understand that his wife has rights, and what they are.
Saying all that, I did quite like how it bridged the gap between the more traditional/cultural views on marriage and the modern perspectives. Both men and women do need to understand the difference between cultural and Islamic attitudes to marriage, and actually use the Sunnah way as a baseline, rather than what the whole community thinks. Only then can a couple truly have barakah in their marriage.
I'm glad I read it, but I know my husband, and all other Muslim men, would and should take a lot more from it than I have.
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