A little boy asked his
mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I need to" she said. "I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never
will." Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does
mother seem to cry for no reason?" "All women cry for no reason," his dad
answered carelessly. The little boy, still wondering why women cry, finally
asked the old wise shaikh (scholar). "He surely knows the answer", he
thought. "Ya Shaikh! Why do women cry so easily?" The Shaikh answered: "When Allah made the woman
she had to be made so special. He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the
weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. He gave her an inner
strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that comes from her children.
He gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives
up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without
complaining. He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all
circumstances, even when her child hurts her very badly. He gave her strength
to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to
protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts
his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly. And lastly, He gave her a tear. This is hers and only hers
exclusively to use whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation,
its hers." "You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in
the clothes she wears, the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to
her heart - the place where love resides." The little boy got the answer and never asked the
question again.
