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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
“And among His signs is that He created for you from among yourselves spouses, that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy.”
Some people consider conflict in married life to be a dangerous phenomenon—one that threatens the family and inevitably drives the ship of marriage to crash against the rocks and sink.
Mutual love between husband and wife is the foundation for the continuity and endurance of shared life. This does not mean, however, that love is capable of dissolving all differences. People are different; this is how God created them. This sacred bond cannot erase or unify differing temperaments. In such circumstances, clashes between spouses are bound to occur. What truly matters is that both partners feel their need for a shared life together and that they prefer its continuation.
As for those small battles that flare up from time to time, they are the “salt of life,” as they say. After them, spouses must make concessions and then meet one another—even if only halfway.
Introduction
Some of the topics in this chapter represent studies in the field of family and youth. In reality, they were prepared in response to the wishes of some dear listeners. I ask God Almighty to extend their benefit to all.
Life is not a story overflowing with pain and suffering, as some pessimists see it. Nor is it a beautiful tale brimming with happiness, as some simple-minded people may imagine.
Life can yield its desired fruits when it is built upon a foundation of faith and principles, from which a person sets out to achieve the great goals he believes in. At that point, he will experience a measure of happiness.
Pessimists look at life and see it, according to their perceptions, as unbalanced and lacking equilibrium. When they find themselves unable to correct its course, they feel bitterness and despair.
Life in the Arena of Work
We often see individuals enter the stage of life carrying visions and dreams in their minds. But once they discover that life abounds in pain, suffering, and struggle, they step aside and withdraw. The presence of lost, bewildered souls on life’s stage—living under the shadow of pessimism and pain—and the presence of souls who follow humiliating paths in pursuit of cheap pleasures, filling their own lives and the lives of others with bitterness and suffering—all of this results from the absence of a clear vision and deep understanding of the question of life.
The concern of many is limited to searching for the outward forms of life rather than its meanings and depths. Their interests do not go beyond bread, sex, and hollow displays of living. They expend their utmost energies to achieve what their desires crave, while neglecting the sensitive and important matters of life. They see their happiness in noise and singing, not in work and the fulfillment of duty.
It is only natural, then, that when the waves of life stand in their way and prevent them from realizing their desires, we see them shedding tears and cursing the earth and the sky—for no reason other than that life has deprived them of the fulfillment of certain pleasures.
