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3 Under the wife’s pressure he is more inclined to find a job. There are many examples of poor people whose circumstances improved after marriage. So Allah Almighty says that this is His work, He is All- Knowing. He knows how things will turn out for any person. So society should focus on making an effort to arrange marriages for widows and the poor. In this way, society will be protected from many vices. There are many widows who want to marry again and are in financial need or have other issues. After losing their husbands, they face challenges in society and they want to find peace and protection rather than enduring these problems. So Allah Almighty has instructed that marriages for widows should be arranged to solve their problems and for the protection of society. So this is Allah Almighty’ s command, but as I have mentioned there are some people in society who dislike it. They dislike it even while living in an Islamic and Ahmadi Muslim society. Every Ahmadi Muslim should remember that the erroneous traditions, which have come from non-Ahmadi Muslims and other religions, should not take root in our society. We must get rid of them. Allah Almighty allows widows, once they have concluded the waiting period of four months and ten days after the death of their husband, to make the decision about marriage on their own. They are not required to have the decision made for them, nor do they need permission from their elders. The only condition is that the marriage should be arranged in an acceptable way and as long as the society is aware of the marriage, there is nothing wrong in it. So, widows are given the right to make decisions about their future and they are granted permission to do so. The people around them are advised not to put hurdles in their way without