English book · GUIDING LIGHTS: Spiritual Role of Women in Islam

Adjustment in Married Life

English book, p. 42

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

intellectually. Intellectual development is essential for everyone. Marriage offers an ideal opportunity to commune with one another. One condition to succeed in this venture is to prioritise intellectual development and make it a part of one’s daily life. In this way, the best way to describe the relationship between husband and wife is ‘intellectual partnership.’ Everyone has adopted what may be called the adjustment culture—the businessman with his customers, every working man or woman with his or her boss. I think this is good, although the goal of this adjustment is only the money to be earned. But this adjustment culture is also essential between husband and wife. Adopting this adjustment culture in married life means making something far more important than money. My personal experience is that conversing with your partner is bound to give rise to new ideas. In this sense, the process of intellectual partnership leads to intellectual development. And intellectual development is the most significant goal for every man and woman. Man is an explanation-seeking animal. So when discussing adjustment in married life, both the partners

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