Jelousy

Anas said:

"The Prophet, sall'Allaahu alaihi wa salam, was with one of the Mothers of the Believers when another one sent a wooden bowl in which was some food. She struck the hand of the Prophet and the bowl fell and broke. The Prophet picked up the two pieces and put them together, then he started to gather up the food and said: "Your mother got jealous; eat." So they ate. He waited until she brought the wooden bowl that was in her house, then he gave the sound bowl to the messenger and left the broken bowl in the house of the one who had broken it."

(Sahih)

COMMENTS from this narration we learn patience with wives. Imagine a man today whose wife smacked his hand causing him to drop something that belonged to someone else. How would the average person behave in such a case? Also, it demonstrates justice, since he, sall'Allaahu alaihi wa salam, took one of her bowls to replace the broken one. Lastly, no man can hope for a wife equal to 'AAishah, radhi Allaahu anha, and she was a woman. So take note.

It was narrated that 'Aaishah, radhi Allaahu anha, said:

"I never saw any woman who made food like Safiyyah. She sent a dish to the Prophet, sall'Allaahu alaihi wa salam, in which was some food, and I could not keep myself from breaking it. I asked the Prophet, sall'Allaahu alaihi wa salam, what the expiation was for that, and he saidL "A dish like that dish, and food like that food."

(Hasan)