There is a bakery near our house. Usually in the evening, on my way back from work, I buy some items from there for tomorrow's breakfast and head home. Today, as I was coming out of the bakery with the items, I ran into our neighbor, Irfan Bhai. He was also coming out of the bakery. I greeted him and asked, "What did you buy, Irfan Bhai?" He replied, "Nothing much, Hanif Bhai! Just some chicken patties and jalebis for my wife and kids." I laughed and said, "Why... did sister-in-law not cook food today?" He said, "No, no, Hanif Bhai! That’s not the case... actually, I felt a bit hungry at the office this evening, so my colleagues ordered chicken patties and jalebis. I ate them there, so I thought, the poor woman sitting at home, where would she go to eat... let me buy some for her too. It wouldn't be fair that I eat whatever my heart desires at the office, and tell my wife and kids to eat only what is cooked at home." I stared at his face in astonishment because I had never thought about it this way until today. I said, "What's the harm in that, Irfan Bhai? If you eat something at the office, then sister-in-law and the kids must also be eating whatever they desire at home." He replied, "No, no, Hanif Bhai! That poor woman keeps even the smallest thing aside for me... to the extent that if something comes from the neighbors' house, she sets my share apart first and gives it to the children later. Now, wouldn't it be selfish of me to enjoy myself there among friends?" I said in surprise, "Enjoy yourself? These chicken patties... these jalebis... is this enjoying yourself, Irfan Bhai? Such ordinary things!" He said, "Whatever it is, Hanif Bhai! I am afraid that in the Hereafter, I might be questioned about this very thing—that I married and brought someone’s sister and daughter, but I was enjoying myself with friends while the poor woman was sitting at home eating simple lentils and bread." I kept looking at him in amazement, and he continued speaking. "Look... when we marry and bring someone’s sister and daughter, right... she is also a human being like us. She also feels hungry... she also has desires... her heart also longs to eat different kinds of things... to dress up... to go out and travel... to lock her up in the house like birds, and then feel proud just by providing a two-time meal—thinking we achieved a great feat... this is not humanity... this is selfishness. And then, what we do with someone else’s sister and daughter, the same happens with our sister and daughter." His last sentence shook me completely... I had never thought from this perspective until today. I said, "Kudos to you, Irfan Bhai! You have given me a new angle to think." As I turned back, he asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "To get ice cream... I had ice cream at the office this afternoon."