Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 222
222 Daughters are a Source of Protection from Hell Fire In context of the family that problems wrongly arise when baby daughters are born, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his Helper) advised in a Friday sermon: ‘The first Hadith that I will present today is not about enemies, in fact it is regarding patience in mar ried life and how a husband and wife should spend their married life. Many women write in and also, if they have the chance they complain during mulaqat (audience with Huzoor e Anwer) that they only have daughters, for example , and have no son due to which the husband and the in - laws constantly taunt them and make family life oppressive. Or the daughters write in themselves that their fathers do not treat them well because they are girls and their life is a constant torture. There is a Hadith of the Holy Pro phet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) in this regard that I wish to tell people because there are many who have religious knowledge, they also serve the Jama’at, yet their conduct at home is not good. I think after listening to this Hadith anyone w ith even the slightest of belief will not taunt his daughters or his wife for having daughters. Hazrat ‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) relates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: ‘ Whoever is put through a trial