💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 A tribute to first wives whose hearts are one of a kind,
Who love Allah the most, and value the husband's rights,
Who live for Allah so polygyny they don't mind,
Wise enough to know the reality of this life.
~•~
Keep loving your husband for Allah with sweet Sabr.
Don't give up the love because he married another.
The other woman shouldn't make you a weak quitter.
If she can please your man, then love him too but harder.
~•~
Be strong on the inside like a mountain wouldn't budge
When the wind blows and brings with it piles of leaves and rocks.
While your spouse married a second, you're still his first love -
His chapter two mustn't cause your love story to stop.
~•~
For Allah's sake, love your husband with fierce loyalty,
Fearless patience and acceptance of Allah's Decree.
A co-wife's entry doesn't need to break your journey.
In countless ways she can benefit your family.
~•~
The other wife's presence can effectively train you
To exercise Sabr for Allah, with gratitude,
To recall how your husband's love for you remains true,
And to always prefer Jannah where none can feel blue.
~•~
That's how you know your love is real - when it stays the same,
Or the romance keeps growing nearly each night and day.
Whether he's near you or his body is far away,
The love for your soulmate is too solid it can't fade.
~•~
First wife, you're not an option when your man re-married.
Dear Muslimah who's fine with what Allah permitted,
Who loves Allah and whose faith/Imaan is deep-seated,
Don't quit. Marriage must never be taken for granted.
~•~
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If a woman prays her five prayers, fasts her month of Ramadan, guards her chastity, and obeys her husband, she will enter Paradise from any gate she wishes."
Source: Sahih Ibn Hibbān 4252
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If I were to order anyone to prostrate to another, I would have ordered a wife to prostrate before her husband."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhī 1159
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to At-Tirmidhi
Ali Al-Qari said, "That she prostrates to her husband is due to the number of his rights over her and her difficulty in maintaining gratitude for them. This rhetorical point conveys the obligation of the wife to obey her husband in his rights. Indeed, prostration is not lawful to anyone other than Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala."
Source: Mirqāt Al-Mafātih 5/2125
📖 Abdullah ibn Amr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The world is enjoyment and the best enjoyment in the world is a righteous wife."
Source: Sahih Muslim 1467
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim