The Prophet said to Abu Bakr...

The Prophet said to Abu

Bakr: "Buy some appropriate household necessities for my daughter

Abu Bakr said: "He gave sixty-three (63) dirham, so we went to the

market and bought the following:

bought the above-mentioned articles, they carried them to Umme

Salama's house. When the Prophet (S) saw them, he started kissing

every article and supplicated to Allah, saying: "O Allah, bless them for

they are people who the majority of their belongings are made of

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These were all the furnishings they purchased for the daughter of the

best of all prophets and messengers. But indeed, marital happiness is

not achieved by wealth and overspending, nor can expensive

wardrobes, gems, golden ware, luxurious furniture, splendid palaces or

comfortable automobiles provide a person with marital happiness,

embellished themselves with gems and jewelry, which cover their

necks, arms, and ears consider life an unbearable misery. On the

contrary, how many women are there who live in shacks, who cook,

bake bread, wash clothes, sweep floors, nurse their children and

struggle hard in light of their simple lives, yet consider themselves

unmarried women hold the wrong view that marital happiness can only

be found through wealth and luxuries. They consider simplicity a sign

of misery and deprivation; therefore, these miserable youths remain

unmarried waiting for marital happiness to knock on their doors,

accompanied by wealth and luxuries!!