The Prophet

You cannot interact with the world without being tainted by it, just as you cannot enter water without getting wet.

The Prophet said, "The world is a curse, and everything in it is a curse, except the remembrance of God and what assists it."

Abandoning one's wife and children is comparable to being a runaway slave; until one returns to them, their fasts and prayers will not be accepted by God.

The Prophet once asked God, "Lord, who are your lovers?" The answer was, "Those who cling to me like a child to its mother, take refuge in my remembrance like a bird seeking shelter in its nest, and are as angry at the sight of sin as a fearless lion."

He who deserts his wife and children is like a runaway slave; until he returns to them, none of his fasts or prayers will be accepted by God.

He who seeks a wife for the sake of her beauty or wealth will lose both.

Woman was formed of a crooked rib; if you try to bend her, you will break her; if you leave her alone, she will grow more and more crooked; therefore treat her tenderly.

Suppose a man spends one dinar in religious war, another in ransoming a slave, a third in charity, and gives the fourth to his wife, the giving of this last surpasses in merit all the others put together.

The Prophet once asked God, 'Who are Your lovers?' The answer came, 'Those who cling to Me like a child to its mother, take refuge in the remembrance of Me like a bird seeking shelter in its nest, and are as fiercely opposed to sin as a fearless lion.'