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33 Huzoor e Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) said the following on the same subject in one of his Friday sermons: ‘In their capacity as mothers - in - law and because such is their disposition, some women demand the daughter - in - law to be thrown out during small domestic altercations. But it is astonishing when fathers - in - law, men who have been given sense by Allah the Exalted, are influenced by their wives or of their own accord start reprimanding daughters - in - law. So much so that they unfairly raise their hands on daughters - in - law and also ask their sons to hit them, saying, ‘ it does not matter if she dies in th e process, they will bring another wife! ’ May Allah give sense to such men! They should heed the words of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) where he said that such men are cowards and not men. ’ (Friday sermon delivered on 2 July 2004 at International Centre, Mississauga, Canada. Published in Al Fazl International 16 July 2004) Huzoor e Anwer gave most important counsel to members with reference to marital relationships in his Friday sermon of 24 June 2005 delivered at International Centre, Toronto, Can ada. ‘ I say it with great sadness that in Canada acrimony between husband and wife after marriage is growing quite rapidly. I believe the blame mostly lies with both sets of parents. They have no tolerance or