THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Al-Khamis, 9th day of SAFAR 1440, (Thursday 18th October, 2018). MARRYING WIDOWSAND DIVIRCEES. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. It's a sad reality that SOME Men are divorcing but they don't want to marry divorcees! Many Men are dying yet the ones who are alive don't want to marry widows, who will marry your own widow after your death? For those who intend to marry or add another wife in particular, I will encourage that we try to marry our Muslim sisters who are WIDOWS AND DIVORCEES. Imam Umar bin khattab may ALLAH be pleased with him said, "If ALLAH should grant me a long life, I will make sure that NO widow in iraq will need any man to support her." (Al bukhari, vol 5, book 57, no 50). Unfortunately, Imam Umar ibn Khattab رضي الله عنه was stabbed in salaah just four days after he made that great statement. During the time of the companions, widows and divorcees in Madinah would be bombarded with proposals after their iddah periods, its as if people were helping them to calculate it. The proposals would be much that they would be in a dilemma as to which one to choose, so they were not made to feel like they were burdens or liabilities to the society! Today, the fear of poverty and the weakness in our tawakkul or reliance in ALLAH makes us abandon our sisters to themselves! Some men would not even accept the proposal of widows/divorcees even at gun point AstaghfirulLah 😊. So please let's embrace this sunnah. To the people who have firm reliance in ALLAH, recession is just a word! Let's put our trust in ALLAH and take some responsibilities in life and ALLAH will surely help us be-iznillah. May ALLAH ease the affairs of the widows/divorcees and aid men with fear of ALLAH to marry them for ALLAH sake. Aameen.