From: sherwani@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Naveed Sherwani)
Subject: Re: Multiple wives
Summary: multiple  wives problem solved
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:27:37 GMT

In article <AJ3U.92Aug27103900@topaz.cs.virginia.edu>, aj3u@topaz.cs.virginia.edu (Asim Jalis) writes:
> In article <1992Aug22.061724.3951@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
> sherwani@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Naveed Sherwani) asks whether there is
> some ambiguity concerning when a man can marry and when he
> cannot.  He asks this in the context of polygamy.  My response
> follows.
> 
> 1.  There is no restriction on when one can marry.  The fact that
> none appears in the Quran and in the Hadith implies that the
> issue is not vague at all -- one can marry whenever one wants
> except where one already has four wives.
> 
> 2. As far as the rights of women are concerned: a husband has to
> seek the permission of his wife before he marries a new one.  If
> the wife refuses to give permission the husband can divorce her,
> or the wife can ask for a divorce and be divorced; the wife would
> probably want to get divorced anyway since the marriage is
> obviously becoming difficult to maintain.
> 
> 3. In our culture (Pakistani culture) divorce is considered as a
> prelude to spinsterhood and a life of misery for the woman, since
> her chances of getting married again are nil and her share in
> property and wealth is also usually usurped.  So (1) and (2)
> might appear unjust.  However, in the Arabian society of early
> Islam divorce was not as stigmatized -- except for Aishah all of
> our beloved Prophet's (may God bless him and grant him peace)
> wives were either divorcees or widows.  So getting separated and
> divorced from a husband was not oppressive in that society.
> 
> 4. Then again in Pakistani society monogamy is largely the rule,
> so the situation is not so bad after all.  However, I still
> maintain that the society of early Islam as reflected through the
> reports of the chroniclers was superior in all respects to ours.
>    In my opinion we should alter our society and social setup
> through education and the media so that it becomes closer to the
> social setup that existed around the time of early Islam.
> 
> Asim Jalis.


Asim Bhai:

 The multiple wives problem has been SOLVED completely.
as pointed out below.

> 
> I have been following the recent discussion on
> SCP about "multiple marriages" and would like to
> make the following comment regarding Rukshana Merchant's
> posting.
> 
> Miss Merchant has produced two phrases from the Qur'an:
> 
>         "If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly
>         with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two, or three,
>         or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal
>         justly (with them), then (marry) only one..." (Qur'an 4:3) 	... (1)
> 
>         "You are never able to be fair and just as between women
>         even if it is your ardent desire...."  (Qur'an 4:129)		... (2)
> 
> 
> Use of the word "never" by Allah[swt] in phrase (2) indicates that
> no man, regardless of his intent, is ever able to be fair and just
> between women.  If this is the case, then Allah[swt]'s phrase (1)
> implies that all men should marry at most one woman.
> 
> -Regards,
> 
> Nancy D. Holmes


Let us state it as theorem, for future reference, we will
call it the Single Wife Theorem(SWT).

Note: I am merely restating what Nancy has stated above.
                    
Theorem(SWT): Polygamy is not allowed in Islam.

Proof: We will use the words of Allah[swt] to prove this theorem


    1.  "If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly
        with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two, or three,
        or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal
        justly (with them), then (marry) only one..." (Qur'an 4:3)

    2.  "You are never able to be fair and just as between women
        even if it is your ardent desire...."  (Qur'an 4:129)


   The use of word NEVER by Allah[swt] in (2) actually proves that 
   (1) is null and void. QED

     
I guess this settles the multiple wives question.

Interestingly enough, it took a female to figure it out. 

Females have finally figured out that Allah[swt] never
wanted multiple wives, MEN were just using the (1) to have FUN.
 
regards,

-Naveed

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