A little boy asked his mother,
Why are you crying?
Because I need to,” she said
I don’t understand,” he said
His mother just hugged him and said,
And you never will.
Later the little boy asked his father,
Why does Mother seem to cry for no reason?
All women cry for no reason,
his dad answered carelessly.
The little boy, still wondering why women cry
finally asked the old wise sheikh (an experienced and very learned teacher).
He surely knows the answer
he thought.
Ya Sheikh! Why do women cry so easily?
The Sheikh answered:
When Allah made the woman she had to be special.
He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world
yet gentle enough to give comfort.
He gave an inner strength to endure both childbirth and the rejection
that many times comes from her children.
He gave her a toughness that allows her to keep going
when everyone else gives up, and take care of her
family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.
He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and
all circumstances, even when her child hurts her badly.
He gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and
fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
He gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife,
but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfaltering.
And lastly, He gave her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use
whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, it is hers.
You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,
the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman is her devotion to Allah,
her piousness, her righteousness. And that can sometimes be seen in
her actions and of course, her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart
the place where love resides.
“This world is just temporary conveniences,
and the best comfort in this world is a righteous woman.