A Difficult Widow Aunt

Question:
My aunt (father's sister) is a widow with three children. My father helps her financially. Her children are getting good education. Despite the fact that she is being well looked after, she is still not satisfied with the way she is being treated. She continues to interferes in our family affairs as well. My father is very soft-hearted person. He never says anything negative to her. What I want to ask you is that would it be wrong on the part of my father to sometimes tell her firmly to mend her ways? Will such behaviour not annoy God Almighty given that my aunt is a widow?

Response:
I think you just need to be fair with your aunt. If she is a widow it doesn't mean that you have to accept all her illegitimate demands too. Don't be unfair and impolite with her, but don't accept her unnecessary demands either. Try to learn to be firm and yet polite in your approach. Convince your father that it is in her interest and the interest of her children that she should be helped in coming out of the improper behaviour she is demonstrating. It is not your duty to give to her what she doesn't deserve.

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