Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
11. Success in marriage
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never did even the most trifling of household
chores. She just idled away her time. After her
marriage, she made no attempt to change her ways.
But this was not acceptable in her in-laws’ house.
There were sharp differences over her behavior and
when bickering became a daily affair, her carefree
life came to an end.
She now found herself with a whole new set of
problems. Even so, she did not care to practice
introspection. She always blamed her in-laws. One
day, after fighting with them, she came back to
her parents with a sorry tale. But she only told
them her own side of the story, with no mention
of how she herself had behaved: she talked only of
how she had been treated. She did not tell them
that whatever treatment she had received was the
result of her never taking any interest in the
household affairs. She had, in fact, never looked
upon her in-laws’ house; as her own home. To her,
home was her parents’ house, even after she was
married. Unaware of this, her parents became
very critical of the way their daughter had been
treated.
