Emotional Vulnerability in Relationships: Limits with Your Spouse

Always remember: the hand that gives is better than the hand that takes. The more dependent you become on someone—whether emotionally, financially, or physically—the more control that person will start to have over you.

However, it is true that to run the system of life, we are all dependent on each other.
A wife is financially dependent on her husband, and a husband is emotionally and domestically dependent on his wife. The affairs of the world progress by complementing one another, don't they?

As far as asking from any human being is concerned, whether it's your husband or father, keep it within the limit that Dr. Israr Ahmed Sahib used to mention: "Ask from people once, remind them a second time, and asking a third time is like Shirk (associating partners with Allah)." Apply this principle to your children and all the people of the world.

Beyond that, maintain your trust (Tawakkul) in the Lord. If He wills to give you, He will enrich you with His mercy, and if He does not will to give you, He will grant you patience (Sabr) and make you successful in this world and the Hereafter."