Being a good husband is important in any marriage. Marriage should be a partnership of sorts, no matter what the religion. Two people who join together should learn to live with each other, each giving to each other, instead of always taking.

1. Begin with a good greeting: When you return from work or travel, greet her. Start with "Assalamu’alekum". Smile to her. Give her a kiss. Tell her you love her, she will never forget this. There is always time for telling bad news.Have a sense of humor. Joke around. Play games with her.
2. Listen to her: Give her your attention when she speaks.
3. Talk with her: Talk with her about her feelings and your good memories.Spend time talking together. Postpone telling bad news to her until a suitable time. Look for the most suitable way to convey bad news.
4. Be Cheerful: Be happy, cheerful, friendly and gentle when you meet your wife.
5. Help her: Doing housework is not easy. You have a share of the housework too. Especially if she is sick or tired, don’t wait untill she asks you to help.
6. Be Honest: Avoid telling her lies. If you’re not truthful with her, she will never trust you. Always tell her the truth.
7. Consult her: Let her feel her opinion is important to you. Change your decision if she has a better opinion.
8. Thank her: Thank her for all the nice things she does, this will give her self-confidence.
9. Bring her a gift: It should not be an expensive gift, but is should be something she likes.
10. Have a sense of Gheerah: Ask her to wear proper Hijab when there is a chance of meeting non-mahram men. Don’t allow her to mix freely with non-mahram men. Do not ask her to go out alone for protection. Likewise you do not mix freely or look at non-mahram women.
11. Listen to her Halal Demands: Let her improve you as a person. Encourage her to enjoin people to righteousness and discourage people from sinning. Encourage her to meet with her good friends and relatives. Take her out for Halal entertainment. Entertain her yourself in Halal ways!
12. Make Du’a: Ask Allah to help her achieve and maintain excellent relations with your wife.
13. Help her in serving Allah. Wake her up in the last third of the night to pray "Qiyam-al-Layl". Teach her what you know of the Qur’an,Hadith, Tafseer and Dhikr.
14. Take her to Hajj and Umrah whenever you afford to do so.
15. Take her to visit her family.
16. Be generous. Give her enough money. Never wait until she asks for that.
17. Avoiding excess Gheerah. Don’t prevent her from answering the phone.
18. Don’t insult her. If you’ve hurt her feelings, say "I’m sorry" and try to please her.
19. Don’t describe other men to her. Don’t compare other women with her.
20. Avoid returning at an unexpected time or at night, she may may start to get suspicious.

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