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What is the meaning of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: “The most blessed of women is the one who is least costly to maintain”?

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “The most blessed of women is the one who is least costly to maintain,” or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said
what was the meaning of this traditionما معنى هذا الحديث
Mishkat al-Masabih 30:114
, may Allah grant you success? It means the costs of marriage. The most blessed of women is the one who is least costly to maintain; a marriage where she does not burden her husband with a large mahr, much jewelry, or excessive display.

Answer:
Rather, she comes to him in a state of ease. There is blessing in that, and there is also love between the spouses. But if she burdens him with huge sums of money, he holds it against him for every mistake, saying, “I, and how am I to manage my money and bear debts, and then you do such and such.” This becomes the worst for the relationship between them. So this is part of the blessing: that he does not come to dislike her. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [648 -2802] ما معنى قول النبي ﷺ: «أعظم النساء بركة أيسرهن مؤونة»؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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