for the record

we know what has happened and what is happening.

and frankly i pity both.

for sure i can ask that she be alleviated from her suffering. and i have.
and i can also ask that the cruel be given a fitting retribute.

but it appears that the cruel is far weaker than the one being oppressed.
and this is not clear to the one oppressing.

so rather than ask for a similar recompense, i ask that she be given strength to stand up for herself.

and i also ask that he be given the strength to accept his own weaknesses and to stand up for himself, without depending on her.

i recalled the friday sermon today, and i remembered a hadith mentioned. and i felt that it was very fitting for the above situation.

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Musa Ash'ari: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be unto him) which (attribute) of Islam is more excellent. Upon this he (pbuh) remarked: One in which the Muslims are safe, protected from the tongue and hand of (other Muslims).

I just pray that this situation improves, and that both become free from their respective shackles that bind them to a doomed course.