Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 227
227 e Jama’at everywhere, practice this teaching of the Promise d Messiah (on whom be peace): ‘A dopt such humility that despite being truthful consider yourself as t he liar. ’ May Allah the Exalted inculcate such tolerance in everyone and may everyone fulfil each other’s rights! Here I wish to make one thing clear for the office - holders, especially the Ameers (administrative heads). Just as I mentioned in my Jalsa spee ch, marital conflicts are on the increase in Western countries. These conflicts take such shape that in spite of having knowledge and sympathy, the Nizam e Jama’at cannot do anything due to certain restrictions. In certain situations the law of the land gi ves certain legal rights to one party in spite of the party being in the wrong. Men who are cruel to their wives and throw them out of the home do not even consider the intensity of the weather outside. There are such cruel fathers who do not realise that the mother has a few months old baby in her arms in the intense weather. Nizam e Jama’at should help these women against such people. If this means registering a case with the police, it should be done. The idea should not be that it will be sorted within the Jama’at without seeking outside help. If decision can be reached at a later stage within the Jama’at, it should be done, a case can be withdrawn. But an initial report [to the authorities] should definitely be made. Women whose families are not in thes e countries , they have no support here and become homeless and