When you realised how expensive everything has gotten and Allah has never left you hungry or empty handed, but instead with more than enough. 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😭 Alhamdullilah.
Those 4 words?
Subhanallahi wa bihamdihi - adada khalqihi - wa rida nafsihi - wa zinata ’arshihi - wa midada kalimatihi.
Glory to Allah as many times as His creation. As much as His pleasure. As heavy as His Throne. As vast as His words.
Do you know difference between Laylatul Qadr and the Day of Arafat?
On Laylatul Qadr: Everything comes DOWN.
The Qur’an descended.The angels descend.
The Qadr descend. Mercy pours from the heavens
But the Day of Arafah is completely different.
THE ANATOMY OF WOMEN’S AVERSION TO POLYGAMY
We often dismiss a woman’s dislike for polygamy as mere jealousy. We call it insecurity. But that is a lazy analysis of human nature.
The aversion is rarely about the law itself. It is about the implications of that law on her safety.
Think about the math of survival. In any economic model, when you increase the divisor, the quotient decreases. To a woman, a husband represents a finite set of resources. His time is limited. His emotional bandwidth is capped. His finances are numbered.
When a second partner enters the equation, the math guarantees a reduction. It is not selfishness to protect the provision that ensures your survival and the survival of your children. It is instinct.
Then there is the fear of replacement.
Men often view polygamy as expansion. They are simply adding a new wing to the mansion. But women often view it as a renovation. They fear that the old furniture is being cleared out for the new.
The deepest psychological fear isn't just sharing the man. It is becoming obsolete to him. In a world that idolizes newness, the fear of being "the old wife" is a rational terror.
Monogamy provides a unique psychological luxury. It is the luxury of not being compared.
Polygamy removes that safety. It introduces a daily, silent metric. Who did he smile at more today? Who got the better gift? Who is he happier to see?
It forces a woman into an involuntary competition for affection in her own home. It takes immense spiritual strength to silence the voice that constantly asks, "Am I no longer enough?"
We have to be honest about the verdict.
Women do not hate God’s permission. They fear man’s execution.
They have seen too many examples where "Sunnah" was used as a disguise for neglect. They have seen justice promised but never delivered.
Until men master the duty of protection as well as they have mastered the right of marriage, the fear will remain valid.
Allah knows best.
My Hafiz teacher told me today that “ﷲ gave people different types of gifts. Some people are good at waking up for Tahajjud, some are good at charity/ helping others, some are good at memorising, etc. We gotta be thankful by doing it to the best of our abilities.” Alhamdulilah