Expensive Gift From Inlaws
I will suggest you to allow your wife to drive it and dont use it yourself. Otherwise, it will create friction in your life from the begining. @faisalharoon sb @Yaseen @UmerQureshi Can you kindly provide your perspective about it?
In the name of Allah, the most beneficent. There are good advices already shared. My perspective is similar. I appreciate that you want to know what I think. That is a great respect you endowed upon me which is too much for me to bear. Battle of the principles is as old as humanity. In the life of a humble person, there is an ongoing argument with themselves which principle to uphold. I find, for myself, that the principle of harmony and love should stand above all. If forsaking a personal principle for the sake of harmony is a choice then go for it. This act also shows respect for the other and their choices. Then again, things are things and the “expression upon” things is subjective. They change with time and culture. What shouldn’t change is the respect and love for the spouse. The next question arises. Why should my principle prevail over other’s? Is it that my principle of personal understanding is better than the one that the spouse espouses? Letting go of things that are not haraam is the best way forward. This is not a comprise at all. This is elevation over things that should not define us or cause a rift. The importance or label on a thing is given by our mind. If today, I choose to label it differently then what is going to stop me? Should I not partake in the choice of my wife and be happy in it? If I accept what she chose will that not make her closer to me? Isn’t harmony and love of primary relevance in marriage? Shouldn’t I prove that I am not stubborn? Shouldn’t I be the one proving that I will stand by you, for you, first? In the end, there will be counter arguments to what I said and then final verdict will lie in the heart. Stay blessed, always.