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104 and si sters etc. also get involved in this and incite him to demand money as if it is the girl’s res ponsibility to pay for all the in - laws. People who commit such terrible actions are always those who do not turn to Allah the Exalted; neither do they put their t rust in Him nor do they practice His commandments and teachings. Those who do not pay the rightful dues of worship of Allah the Exalted can never inculcate trust in Allah within themselves. As mentioned earlier, when such circumstances arise in marital mat ters it is again women who are made to suffer. If the husband’s demand is not fulfilled the wife is thrown out of the home and that is a very painful situation and situations such as the ones I am mentioning do come to pass. May Allah the Exalted have merc y and enable such families to use more sense and thought , and may every Ahmadi family demonstrate a model of love and affection. ’ (Friday sermon delivered on 15 August 2003 at Fazl Mosque, London. Published in Al Fazl International 10 October 2003) H uzoor e Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) said at another occasion: ‘ I have to say regretfully that it is very painful to hear of certain situations and at times it causes anxiety as to where some of us are heading! People forget all the sacrifices made by th e wife, so much so that some stoop so low that they take money from the wife; they pressurise her to take money from her parents for business purposes or forcibly include their name on