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Sir-Luggoyo wrote:Any man who counts on his wife's financial assets is not a man. That is why a woman can pay her zakat to her hubby while Mr hubby can't, because it's his duty to cater for her.

Cawar wrote:

Sir-Luggoyo wrote:Any man who counts on his wife's financial assets is not a man. That is why a woman can pay her zakat to her hubby while Mr hubby can't, because it's his duty to cater for her.

Beryajan ma xaaskii baa ku soo eriday?? aad baad wax u xod xodanaysaa..i.e your trying too hard,

S-D-M wrote:

Cawar wrote:

Sir-Luggoyo wrote:Any man who counts on his wife's financial assets is not a man. That is why a woman can pay her zakat to her hubby while Mr hubby can't, because it's his duty to cater for her.

Beryajan ma xaaskii baa ku soo eriday?? aad baad wax u xod xodanaysaa..i.e your trying too hard,

sanityfay wrote:

zulaika wrote:

sanityfay wrote:yea...I agree....but its a bit unrealistic
In the world we live in, it really cant apply because a one income household cant sustain a good standard of living. So, I want to work for the sake of my family so that my chidren will have great education and raise them with everything they could ever need. Staying at home is not an option for me....well maybe the first year n half....and I'll probably work from home or somthing until the kid starts grd 1.

if you knew you would be provided for the rest of your life..and have enough $$$$ in your bank account to convince you of this, would stay at home to raise your children, or does "working" fill a void besides just "financial" need?

Even if I had the money, I would still work (not as much) because work stimulates my mind. I need to do something other than raise my children. I know its a challange to raise children but just to keep my sanity

Mode of living of the prophet csw

His house was but a hut with walls of unbaked clay and a thatched roof of palm leaves covered by camel skin. He had separate apartments for his wives, a small room for each made of similar materials. His own apartment contained a rope cot, a pillow stuffed with palm leaves , the skin of some animal spread on the floor and a water bag of leather and some weapons. These were all his earthly belongings, besides a camel, a horse, and an ass and some land which he had aquired in the later part of his life (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud). Once a few of his disciples, noticing the imprint of his mattress on his body, wished to give him a softer bed but he politely declined the offer saying,
"What have I to do with worldly things. My connection with the world is like that of a traveler resting for a while underneath the shade of a tree and then moving on."
Amr Ibn Al-Harith, a brother in law of the prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam), says that when the prophet died, he did not leave a cent, a slave man or woman, or any property except his white mule, his weapons and a piece of land which he had dedicated for the good of the community [Sahih al-Bukhari].
He advised the people to live simple lives and himself practised great austerities. Even when he had become the virtual king of arabia, he lived an austere life bordering on privation. His wife Aisha (radiAllahu anha) says that there was hardly a day in his life when he had two square meals [Sahih Muslim, Vol.2, pg 198]. When he died there was nothing in his house except a few seeds of barley left from a mound of the grain obtained from a Jew by pawning his armour [Sahih al-Bukhari, Chapter "Aljihad"].

He had declared unlawful for himself and his family anything given by the people by way of zakat or sadaqa (types of charity). He was so particular about this that he would not appoint any member of his family as a zakat collector [Sahah-Kitab Sadqat].

Shirib wrote:Off topic, but I was gonna make a topic about Ceyr with the same title

zulaika wrote:
Even if I had the money, I would still work (not as much) because work stimulates my mind. I need to do something other than raise my children. I know its a challange to raise children but just to keep my sanity