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Religious Support?
lala
09/29/03 at 11:45:13
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What does it mean to you to have 'religious support'? Say from your wife, husband ?  What does the term religious support mean to you ..i.e. what does it entail? I'm having a hard time figuring it out for myself.... and am truly in need of some guidance..

thanks y'all.

peace ;D
Re: Religious Support?
Caraj
09/29/03 at 13:26:36
Ok, my opinion, Is like with my husband and I. I am very interested in Islam and have been seriously considering converting. My husband an agnotic has no problem with it. He understand and respects that my afterlife depends on my choices and decisions and he should not hinder or discourage this. So he respectfully does not hinder or discourage it.

Allowing for the others growth spiritually without causing your spouse to feel akward.

Like in the other post about being abandoned. If a son or father were to leave for a spiritual retreat then they need to make sure everything will be fine at home while they are gone. Example: Making sure relatives will visit. Making sure they have food, money for bills and maybe even considering having the wife left behind, maybe go visit her relatives during this time to ease her loneliness. Or maybe part of the time.

The wife can help his leaving by packing notes of love and encouragement where he will later find them. I did this when my husband left, I put notes of encouragement in his shaving kit, his clothing and places where he would not find them all at once. She can include self-addressed stamped envelopes to encourage him to write her while gone.

If a woman were to go on say like a sisters retreat then she might leave notes like mentioned earlier, Leave them in the frigde  ;D. the clothes dresser, the bathroom medician cabnit, make sure all clothes are clean and folded and maybe as her sister-in-law or brother or brother in law to come by once or twice during that week. Cook meals ahead of time and freeze so all he has to do is thaw and microwave, just things to make him feel like you appreciate his support in you leaving yet do not want him to feel neglected.

Help with studies, showing an interest in their spiritual welfare. Asking questions about what they are learning or how they feel about a certain verse or passage in the Quran or other books they are reading. All the thing mentioned to me show religious support amoungst spouses.
09/29/03 at 13:31:19
Caraj
Re: Religious Support?
Samah
10/02/03 at 11:43:18
[quote author=lala link=board=madrasa;num=1064846714;start=0#0 date=09/29/03 at 11:45:13] [slm]

What does it mean to you to have 'religious support'? Say from your wife, husband ?  What does the term religious support mean to you ..i.e. what does it entail? I'm having a hard time figuring it out for myself.... and am truly in need of some guidance..

thanks y'all.

peace ;D[/quote]

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I think it means supporting your husband/wife in matters that help them to enhance their deen. For instance if a wife wants to be active in the masjid, the husband shouldn't prevent her from doing that.  It entails praying together, studying Quran together and being emotional support (esp. in these troubled times).  ;)


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