愛情和婚姻唔適合膽小的人!

源 : islamicgarden.com : Love and marriage is not for the faint hearted by Selma cook

By Selma Cook

We all dream, hope to find the love of our life. 佢係一個 yearning that exists within the nature of humankind. 因此, Islam encourages marriage and even refers to it as ‘half of our faith’. But for the sake of sanity, let’s put away the fairy-tale dreams of prince charming and happily-ever-after land and take a look at reality!

As with every worthwhile thing in life, finding a loving, fulfilling relationship is hard work. And that is not the end of the story, it continues. 也, maintaining a loving fulfilling relationship is even more difficult. It requires an amount of insight, self-awareness, 畀, forgiving and faith that we as human beings can barely comprehend.

還, despite its awesome intricacy, and sometimes complexity, we strive to find it. We live in agony that we may not find it, then when we do find it, we live in agony that we might lose it! How pitiful we are! How in need we are of Allah’s help!

With the rising rate of unsuccessful marriages perhaps it is time we take stock of what may be going on. I do not say ‘divorce rate’ because divorce is not the only indicator of a dysfunctional marriage; indeed, there are many marriages that are pasted together and are continuing but they are not built on the love and tranquility that Almighty Allah describes for us in His Noble Quran.

Approaching the whole idea of marriage with the attitude that this is ‘my’ 右; something that ‘I’ want; and the attitude of what is this marriage going to do for ‘me’, may be a big mistake. With such an attitude the person will be unable to step back and take an objective look at him or herself and their role in the marriage relationship.

Indeed, the marriage relationship can be the most fulfilling, but it is the most challenging. Without this kind of introspection, the marriage will very likely end up on the boring, dull, routine, unspiritual conveyor belt of human selfishness and short-sightedness that is producing today’s miserable marriages. A lot of the fault for this unhappy phenomenon lies on our shoulders. We are just not spiritual enough.

Perhaps it is a by-product of our materialistic age, but many people consider marriage in terms of how it will enhance their wealth and status. Such people become so self-focused on material and social gain that the vast spiritual aspect of the relationship is lost on them. Ironically, they believe that a ‘stable’ marriage should in fact increase their wealth and status, while the heart and the depth of the relationship; the place of true fulfillment, exists on another plane altogether. This state of harmony, deep feelings and commitment can not be purchased or bargained for. 噉係 the state that people seek; this is what they mean when they say ‘I have found a soul mate.’ This state exists within us and between us and our loved one according to the state of our own individual heart. Indeed, the heart and soul of a human being is potentially great and sublime; far beyond our imagination. But if it is not purified, discerning and alive, it will not be able to participate in deep and meaningful relationships.

Keeping all this in mind, we become aware that our ability to be close to someone; to find harmony and depth; communication and joy begins in our own heart. When the heart is free of: grudge, envy, and hate, and has the ability to accept people for what they are, the heart begins to feel free and insight begins to flicker and come to life. In this state of awareness and honesty with the self, and without the harness of negativity and self-doubt, the soul can explore, appreciate and grow. As one hadith says: “When a husband and wife look at each other with love, Allah looks at both of them with mercy.” And that is the real secret to the marital bliss!

The shape of the heart changes with life events, our health, our mood and most of all, our closeness to Almighty Allah. We are probably all aware of how the soul is elated when we pray with true sincerity and concentration; this is the state of the soul that can love and be loved. We are also probably aware that even if we find a ‘soul mate’; one with whom we can find joy, harmony and tranquility; that this state fluctuates as is the case with human beings. We are not constant; our faith goes up and down and our ability to love and be loved also changes.

This is where the character and good habits of the individual come shining through. If one partner is feeling down or insecure, the other will identify the need and fill in the gaps. The couple is like two elastic bands that adjust their tension according to the need so that harmony is always eventually reinstated.Also“No believing man should totally detest a believing woman [who is his wife]. If he dislikes something in her, there would be something else in her that he would like.” [穆斯林].

The love of your life may be standing next to you right now. He or she may have been sharing your life for years but maybe you never realized the ‘heart’ of that person; the real person. Marriage can be revived; it can find a way to grow and it can make a fresh start from a new angle. Sometimes the hearts of the couple have grown apart; perhaps they never tried to reach that spiritual plane where they can find rest in each other. Making the hearts more in tune, and keeping them in tune can take a life time but since marriage is half of our faith, it means it is worth the effort.

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源 : islamicgarden.com : Love and marriage is not for the faint hearted by Selma cook