Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 63
63 husband and wife are parents. While kindness to your own parents is enjoined, kindness to each other’s parents is also enjoined to husband and wife. At times the husband acts unfairly by di sparaging the wife’s parents and close relatives and at other times the wife acts unfairly by disparaging the husband’s parents and close relatives. This should not be the practice in Ahmadiyya society which is commanded by Allah and His Messenger to sprea d peace and security. Moreover we have accepted the Imam of the age and [he], the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) has also taught us the ways to stay firm on high morals. He has also told us that if we wish to be connected to him we have to adopt the h igh morals enjoined by Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). We should ponder over the fact that we are faced with opposition in this day and age for accepting the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) as to why we accepted the in dividual who claimed to be the Promised Messiah and a Prophet from God; after accepting Ahmadiyyat some people are also given a great deal of pain by their relatives who sever relationship with them. Fathers have been severe to their children and have thro wn them out of homes for accepting Ahmadiyyat. In this situation how much regard should an Ahmadi have for his relationships! Each Ahmadi should realise that after being associated with the individual who is called ‘Prince of P eace ’ by Allah the Exalted, h ow much peace and security we need to spread and how much endeavour we need to put int o strengthening relationships!