Avoiding Marriage to a Woman of Higher
Status, and Avoiding Moving in Her Home
as-Saffārīnī said;
"You should not marry a noblewoman above you in rank, for if you do so, you will continually suffer: from her pride over you, from her disregard for you due to your lower status in her eyes, from the belittling you receive from her, for if she grants you your marital rights, she will see it as giving you something you are not worthy of.
She will consider her acceptance of you a favour for which you ought to be grateful. And if she refuses you something, she will see herself as justified - because of her high status and your lowliness - and will not care about displeasing you."
as-Saffārīnī, Ghidhā’ al-Albāb fī Sharḥ Manẓūmat al-Ādāb. Vol. 2, p. 391
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