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How can I overcome my discomfort towards my wife due to my preference for tall women, knowing that she fulfills all her duties and tries to please me, and what is the way to instill her love in my heart?

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This is a strange problem, as the questioner prefers height over religiousness, character, good companionship, management, and cooking in his virtuous wife. Allah Almighty may test him, causing him to regret it immensely.

He must treat his wife with kindness and keep her with benevolence. It is not permissible for him to invent problems, harass her, or insult her.

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The world is but a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman." He did not say a tall woman. A righteous woman is more beneficial than gold; she is the best provision of the world because she guards his secrets, wealth, and children, manages his affairs well, and pleases him when he looks at her. He, peace and blessings be upon him, also said: "A woman is married for four reasons: for her wealth, for her lineage, for her beauty, and for her religiosity. So, choose the religious one, and you will prosper." A religious woman, even if she is not beautiful in appearance, is beautified by her character and her religiousness.

The questioner's ailment has affected his soul, his religiousness, and his work, leading him to gaze unlawfully at foreign women, then to corrupt websites and imagining immoral women during intimacy with his wife. This is from the manipulation of Satan, so he must seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, beware of Allah's punishment and wrath, and refrain from looking at women in the street, in the media, and on immoral websites.

We ask Allah to purify his heart, guide him to the best of morals and deeds, make faith beloved to him, and make disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to him.

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