Facilitating [and making things easy for others] makes sustenance flow abundantly
التَّسَهُّلُ [التَّسَاهُلُ] يُدِرُّ الْأَرْزَاقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You should cling to the lawful, and to treating your family with kindness, and to remembering Allah in all circumstances
عَلَيْكَ بِلُزُومِ الْحَلَالِ وَحُسْنِ الْبِرِّ بِالْعِيَالِ وَذِكْرِ اللَّهِ فِي كُلِّ حَالٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every person is answerable for what is in his possession and his family
كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مَسْئُولٌ عَمَّا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُهُ وَعِيَالِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever wrongs his [own] family, no hope [of any goodness] can be attached to him
مَنْ أَسَاءَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ لَمْ يَتَّصِلْ بِهِ تَأْمِيلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who becomes independent becomes an honour for his people and one who is needy becomes contemptible to them
مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى كَرُمَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَمَنِ افْتَقَرَ هَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
From the felicity of a person is his showing benevolence to those who are deserving of it
مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَضَعَ مَعْرُوفَهُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let not your family or those whom you love be the most miserable of people because of you
لَا يَكُنْ أَهْلُكَ وَذُو وُدِّكَ أَشْقَى النَّاسِ بِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not make your family and children your greatest concern, for indeed if they are friends of Allah, the Glorified, then Allah does not forsake His friend, and if they are the enemies of Allah then what is your concern for the enemies of Allah?
لَا تَجْعَلْ أَكْبَرَ هَمِّكَ بِأَهْلِكَ وَوُلْدِكَ فَإِنَّهُمْ إِنْ يَكُونُوا أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضَيِّعُ وَلِيَّهُ وَإِنْ يَكُونُوا أَعْدَاءَ اللَّهِ فَمَا هَمُّكَ بِأَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A righteous wife is one of the two [lofty] acquisitions
الزَّوْجَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ أَحَدُ الْكَسْبَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
An agreeable wife is one of the two comforts
الزَّوْجَةُ الْمُوَافِقَةُ إِحْدَى الرَّاحَتَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Intimacy is in three [people]: A compatible wife, a righteous child and an agreeable brother
الْأُنْسُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ الزَّوْجَةِ الْمُوَافِقَةِ وَالْوَلَدِ الصَّالِحِ [الْبَارِّ] وَالْأَخِ الْمُوَافِقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The person with the most blessed lifestyle is one who has been granted contentment by Allah, the Glorified, and who has been given a good wife
أَنْعَمُ النَّاسِ عَيْشاً مَنْ مَنَحَهُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ الْقَنَاعَةَ وَأَصْلَحَ لَهُ زَوْجَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst of wives is the one who does not comply [with her husband’s wishes]
شَرُّ الزَّوْجَاتِ مَنْ لَا تُؤَاتِي [لا تؤتى]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Guarding the woman [from people and places that would harm her chastity] is better for her condition and more lasting for her beauty
صِيَانَةُ المَرْأَةِ أَنْعَمُ لِحَالِهَا وَأَدْوَمُ لِجَمَالِهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The death of one’s wife is the sadness of the hour
مَوْتُ الزَّوْجَةِ حُزْنُ سَاعَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The derriere is one of the two faces
الْعَجِيزَةُ أَحَدُ الْوَجْهَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst comrade is the one who is very suspicious
شَرُّ الْأَتْرَابِ الْكَثِيرُ الِارْتِيَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech