Fitnah for Being a Beautiful Woman

Following the Sunnah · Nov 2, 2026

Fitnah for being a beautiful woman

Compiled & Translated

By

Abbas Abu Yahya

The Trial of Arrogance

Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih al-Uthaymeen -Rahimahullaah- said:

“كم من امرأة جميلة يتزوجها الإنسان رغبة في جمالها ثم تكون نكبة! تدلُّ عليه بالجمال وتفخر عليه وتعلو عليه.”

“How many a beautiful woman is married to desiring her beauty, but then she becomes a calamity! She treats her husband with haughtiness because of her beauty, boasts over him, and acts superior.”

[From ‘Sharh al-Mumti’ ‘ala Zad al-Mustaqni’, Vol. 12, in the “Book of Marriage”]

Beauty without…