In context of the family that problems wrongly arise when baby daughters are born, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his Helper) advised in a Friday sermon:
“The first Hadith that I will present today is not about enemies, in fact it is regarding patience in married life and how a husband and wife should spend their married life. Many women write in and also, if they have the chance they complain during mulaqat (audience with Huzoore Anwer) that they only have daughters, for example, and have no son due to which the husband and the in-laws constantly taunt them and make family life oppressive. Or the daughters write in themselves that their fathers do not treat them well because they are girls and their life is a constant torture. There is a Hadith of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) in this regard that I wish to tell people because there are many who have religious knowledge, they also serve the Jama’at, yet their conduct at home is not good. I think after listening to this Hadith anyone with even the slightest of belief will not taunt his daughters or his wife for having daughters.
“Hazrat ‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) relates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: ‘Whoever is put through a trial by only having daughters, and he is patient with them, they will be a barrier from the Fire for him.’ (Sunanu Tirmizi, Kitabul Birre wa sillah, Babu ma ja’a fi-nafaqati ‘alal banat wal akhawat)
“There is no individual in the world who does not commit small mistakes and sins and there is no individual who does not wish to come in the refuge of Allah the Exalted. Certainly, everyone wishes for His refuge. It is glad-tidings for those who have daughters that a believer will come in the refuge of Allah the Exalted because of his daughters.
“It is the sign of a believer to find solutions to relevant problems that may arise, to bear up when faced with several issues because of daughters and never to let the daughters know about it in any way and to not castigate mothers because they had daughters. And it is because of this that Allah the Exalted states that all these matters become a barrier from the Fire.”
(Friday sermon delivered on 19 November 2010 at Baitul Futuh, London)