“Allah the Exalted has thus drawn attention of both husband and wife to their respective obligations:
‘…They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them…’ (2:188). That is, it is the responsibility of both to cover each other’s faults. The Holy Qur’an expounds the uses of garment as a source of covering nakedness, secondly as a source of embellishment and thirdly as a protection from hot and cold weather.
“Thus when a man and a woman commit themselves to the union of marriage in accordance with a pact, their utmost efforts should be to accept each other and also cover each other’s shortcomings.”
(Friday sermon delivered on 3 April 2009 at Baitul Futuh, London. Published in Al Fazl International 24 April 2009)