ON FAMILY-WRECKERS, OR HOME-WRECKERS

The family is sacred. It must be kept pure. The family's secrets must stay within the family. Husband and wife are the two halves of one whole. Beware of coming between a husband and wife who live without betrayal. The human heart is changeable, the mind easily deceived. Sometimes even a sister-in-law, the wife of one's husband's brother, digs a pit for the other: she may make her brother-in-law look bad in his wife's eyes, push her onto paths beyond decency, and become the cause of the family breaking apart. There are many examples of this in life. O people! Fear Allah. Do not stir up discord or spread slander. Before the death of a troublemaker, his tongue rots. His insides rot, and a foul smell comes from his mouth. In hell there are even heavier punishments for slanderers who wreck families. O people! Keep from coming between others. Build friendship among people; especially when spouses fall out, be watchful and look for ways to reconcile them. O people! Fear being struck, for your destructiveness, by the curses of the wronged and the curse of Allah!