Monday, January 12, 2009

Mohammad the marriage counselor?

Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 11, Number 2044:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

A man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), and said: My wife does not prevent the hand of a man who touches her. He said: Divorce her. He then said: I am afraid my inner self may covet her. He said: Then enjoy her.

Mohammad (may peace be upon him) always knew how to deal with marriages. Afterall, it is He (may peace be upon him) who sanctioned the Mohallel, http://muslimhadith.blogspot.com/2008/06/mohallel-islams-version-of-please-bang.html, and now this above hadith.

So what does the above hadith say? A man is worried his wife is a slut, so he wants to divorce her, but is also worried that if he divorces her, he will miss her, and want to have sex with her. What is Mohammad's (may peace be upon him) advice? "ENJOY HER"


1) Why didn't Mohammad (may peace be upon him) come up with something more profound?

a) Is it because Mohammad (may peace be upon him) was a simple man with simple mind?
i) Evidenced by his sound business advice http://muslimhadith.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-you-bargain-say-no-cheating.html

ii) Or medicinal prowess - (apparently, Bayer found the cure for AIDS on the back of fly wings) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbSLcwtKhNI (http://muslimhadith.blogspot.com/2008/07/dr-mohammad.html)

2) If Mohammad's advices are timeless, shouldn't every Muslim marriage counselor provide this same advice to every married Muslim couple, triplet, quadruplet or quintuplet?

Upcoming Movie News: "Enjoy Her"

Based upon this Hadith, and in the traditional make of "The Mohalel," Islamic movie directors have come up with a heartwarming movie "Enjoy Her"

Upon marrying, moving to warm and sunny Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and procuring jobs at different newspaper publications, journalists Abu (Gang Hye Jung) and Amina Al Rahim (Somia EL Khoshab) take the next logical step: enjoying Dushanbe's thriving night life.
However, things get a little troublesome when some local Tajiks keep touching Amina's hand and she does not do anything to stop them from touching her hand. Disturbed by these events, Abu and Amina go to Mohammad Akda (Owen Wilson), a local marriage counselor to try to solve Abu's growing jealousy.
Mohammad Akda provides the young couple many different ways to solve their marital problems with no avail. Finally, Mohammad's advice to Abu saves the marriage, by uttering the words "Enjoy her." And it is then, that they all realize, that this was all along the advice of Allah's Apostle, (may peace be upon him), and they all go to Mosque to prostrate. And whenever a Tajik would touch Amina's hand, all Abu could do is smile, and say to himself "I will ENJOY HER."

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