THIRD REMINDER. Sunday. We continue with our lessons on dangers at home. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Having learned what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, what do you think now of those husbands who tell their wives, If my brother comes and I am not here, let him into the sitting room, or a wife who tells a guest, Go into the sitting room when there is no one else present in the house? To those who raise the issue of trust as an excuse, saying I trust my wife, and I trust my brother, or my cousin, we say: your trust is all well and good, and you should not be suspicious when you have no cause to do so, but you should know that the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), No man is alone with a non-mahram woman, but the Shaytaan is the third one present with them (reported by al-Tirmidhi, 1171) includes the most pious of people as well as the most corrupt. Islam does not exempt anyone from such rulings. Whilst writing these few lines, I heard about a problematic situation in which, to cut a long story short, a man married a woman and brought her to live in his family home, where she lived happily with him. Then his younger brother began to enter her room when her husband was absent, and talk to her in a romantic manner in a joke form, which resulted in two things: firstly, she began to dislike her husband intensely bcs her husband wasn't such romantic personality, and secondly, she fell in love with her husband brother. But she was not able to divorce her husband, nor was she able to do what she wanted with the other man. This is the grievous penalty. This story illustrates one level of corruption, beyond which there are many more which culminate in the immoral action (zinaa/adultery) and the birth of illegitimate children. We ask Allah to help us in making His rulings our priorities instead of fearing what other human beings will say. AAMEEN.