Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 66
66 On another occasion Huzoor e Anwer said the following in the same context : ‘The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that family ties do not signify just one’s own familial relations or one’s own blood relati ons, rather, the respective familial or blood relations of both the husband and wife become each other’s close relations after marriage; that is, the husband’s parents, brothers and sisters become the wife’s parents, brothers and sisters. Similarly, the wi fe’s parents, brothers and sisters become the husband’s parents, brothers and sisters. If this perspective is taken, relationships can never grow apart and can never suffer. Therefore, it is stated that both the husband and wife should discharge rights due to these people as they would to their own relations: the mother, father, brothers and sisters. This commandment is not just for young women, rather, as I have said, to sustain a relationship young men have also been commanded, as have young women, to pra y and be patient. Likewise, it is the obligation of both sides of in - laws not to create friction in marital relations and destroy the peace and harmony of society by giving wrong advice or saying inappropriate things to the young man and young woman. Simi larly, the first verse also gives the lesson that good upbringing of the offspring resulting from a marriage is obligatory on both parents, so as to ensure the continuation of a generation in the future that will promote virtues in society. It is stated th at