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110 Sometimes in the event of the death of the husband , the in - laws take possession of the property and the poor woman does not get anything and she is pushed out of the family and sent to her paren ts’ home. These are all cruel acts and are indeed unwarrantable. Islam tells us not to treat women in this manner. Which other religion proves to have gone so thoroughly into women’s rights? Islam alone gave women their rights. (Address to ladies delivered on 31 July 2004 at Jalsa Salana UK. Published in Al Fazl International 24 April 2015) Huzoor e Anwer also said the following concerning the subject: ‘ Every married man is a guardian over his family and it is his duty to take care of their needs. Man has be en made t he guardian. Providing for the family, to take care of children’s education, to meet all their educational needs and expenses, all these are responsibilities of the man. But it is regrettable that there are some men even in the Jama’at who, let al one provide for the family, ask their wives for money to meet their expenses although they have no right over the earnings of their wives. If a wife pays for some expenses, it is her favour on the husband. ’ (Friday sermon delivered on 5 March 2004 at Baitu l Futuh, London. Published in Al Fazl International 19 March 2004)