Cultivating Tranquility
Allowing him time to decompress when he walks through the door and greeting him with warmth rather than immediate demands.
After fighting battles in the outside world, he needs his home to be a safe sanctuary of rest. Greeting him with love instead of chaos makes him excited to come home and much more willing to support your needs.
“Khadija replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones."”
“Don't consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.”
“The one who makes him happy when he looks at her, obeys him when he commands her, and she does not go against his wishes with regard to herself nor her wealth.”
“Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity, commanding good and forbidding evil is charity, your giving directions to a man lost in the land is charity for you.”