Road to Jannah

Ok so a brother posted on my message board asking for advice on a gift for his wife for no special occassion from $50-100. So of course I made a top ten, just to help the brotha’ out u know… he’s learnin’ … anyone else got any suggestions just post!!! () is more explicit in case u need more detailed help!

1. Picnic to scenic location with basket of gourmet pre-prepared food

2. Beautiful flowers delivered with a poem (roses & pablo neruda)

3. Jewelery (diamond pendant necklace)

4. Suprise reservations to a nice restaurant

5. A nice new designer perfume (like Romance or all Chanel mini set)

6. Jewelery (Tennis bracelet)

7. Favorite Quran reciter/lecturer full CD set

8. Lindt Chocolate Assorted Truffles

9. Bath and Body Works Set of Lotions and stuff (honeysuckle is nice)

10. Jewelery (Earrings)

Salaam,

Ok is it just me or do guys have huge expectations these days??? They are lookin’ for a blonde aishwariya lookin, home cookin’, hyderabadi, doctor lawyer martha stewart home-maker or something equally non-existant? I mean there are girls of all types, of all looks, of all shapes and sizes. All kinds of professions and backgrounds and families and social status.

Instead of looking for perfection… why don’t they concentrate on looking for deen and good character? I mean all these other things are so changeable in our world, ppl gain weight, they lose weight, they sometimes look better after marriage, look worse, whatever. But a girl with good character and deen will always be that. Wouldn’t she make a better wife and mother than someone who was whiter than paste and graduated from Stanford??