Islam - The Solution for Humanity

IMPLEMENT IT YOU WILL FIND A SOLUTION
 
1. POLYGAMY
 
Question:
 
Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam? i.e. why is
polygamy allowed in Islam?

Answer:

1. Definition of Polygamy
 
Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one
spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries
more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries
more than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny is permitted; whereas polyandry
is completely prohibited.
Now coming to the original question, why is a man allowed to have more than
one wife?
 
2. The Qur'an is the only religious scripture in the world that says,
“marry only one”. 
 
The Qur'an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one. There is no other religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.
Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple
wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had
several wives.

In earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished,
since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few
centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.
Polygyny is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had
three wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice of polygyny
continued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (960 C.E to 1030 C.E) issued an
edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries
continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.
 
(*Interesting Note:- As per the 1975 census of India Hindus are more
polygynous than Muslims. The report of the ‘Committee of The Status of
Woman in Islam, published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that
the percentage of polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961was 5.06% among the Hindus and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According
to Indian law only Muslim men are permitted to have more than one wife. It is
illegal for any non-Muslim in India to have more than one wife. Despite it being
illegal, Hindus have more multiple wives as compared to Muslims. Earlier, there
was no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives
allowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it
became illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian Law that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and not the Hindu scriptures.)
Let us now analyse why Islam allows a man to have more than one wife. 

3. Qur'an permits limited polygyny
 
As I mentioned earlier, Quran is the only religious book on the face of the earth that says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur'an:
 
“Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that
ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one.”
[Al-Qur'an 4:3]
 
Before the Qur'an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygyny and
many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit
of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women,
only on the condition that he deals justly with them.
In the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:
“Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women....”
[Al-Qur’an 4:129]
 
Therefore polygyny is not a rule but an exception. Many people are under the
misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife.
 
Broadly, Islam has five categories of Do’s and Don’ts:
(i) ‘Fard’ i.e. compulsory or obligatory
(ii) ‘Mustahab’ i.e. recommended or encouraged
(iii) ‘Mubah’ i.e. permissible or allowed
(iv) ‘Makruh’ i.e. not recommended or discouraged
(v) ‘Haraam’ i.e. prohibited or forbidden
Polygyny falls in the middle category of things that are permissible. It cannot be said that a Muslim who has two, three or four wives is a better Muslim as
compared to a Muslim who has only one wife.


4. Average life span of females is more than that of males
 
By nature males and females are born in approximately the same ratio. A
female child has more immunity than a male child. A female child can fight the
germs and diseases better than the male child. For this reason, during the
pediatric age itself there are more deaths among males as compared to the
females.
 
During wars, there are more men killed as compared to women. More men die
due to accidents and diseases than women. The average life span of females
is more than that of males, and at any given time one finds more widows in the
world than widowers.
 
5. India has more male population than female due to female
foeticide and infanticide
 
India is one of the few countries, along with the other neighbouring countries, in which the female population is less than the male population. The reason lies in the high rate of female infanticide in India, and the fact that more than one million female foetuses are aborted every year in this country, after they are identified as females. If this evil practice is stopped, then India too will have more females as compared to males 


6. World female population is more than male population
 
In the USA, women outnumber men by 7.8 million. New York alone has one
million more females as compared to the number of males, and of the male
population of New York one-third are gays i.e sodomites. The U.S.A as a whole
has more than twenty-five million gays. This means that these people do not
wish to marry women. Great Britain has four million more females as compared
to males. Germany has five million more females as compared to males. Russia
has nine million more females than males. God alone knows how many million
more females there are in the whole world as compared to males.
 
7. Restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not
practical
 
Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than
thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands
(considering that America has twenty five million gays). There would be more
than four million females in Great Britain, 5 million females in Germany and nine million females in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband.
Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women living in USA, or
suppose your sister happens to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The
only two options remaining for her are that she either marries a man who
already has a wife or becomes 'public property'. There is no other option. All
those who are modest will opt for the first.
 
Most women would not like to share their husband with other women. But in
Islam when the situation deems it really neccessary Muslim women in due faith
could bear a small personal loss to prevent a greater loss of letting other Muslim sisters becoming 'public properties'.
 
8. Marring a married man preferable to becoming 'public property'
 
In Western society, it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple
extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected
life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one
wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and
lead a protected life.
Thus the only two options before a woman who cannot find a husband is to
marry a married man or to become 'public property'. Islam prefers giving
women the honourable position by permitting the first option and disallowing the second.
There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted limited polygyny, but
it is mainly to protect the modesty of women.
 

Death's and Grave's Angels ( Continuation )

As far as the infidel is concerned, the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention, said, 'When an infidel is about to leave this world and enter the next world, black faced angels descend from heaven bringing him rough cloth and sit by his side ( they are as many as the sight can reach). The Angel of Death, may Allah exalt his mention, sits by his head and says, 'O wicked soul ! Come out to suffer the wrath of Allah.' The Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention, said, ' The soul will disperse into his body, ( The soul disperses in the body for fear of death and promised torment ) such that the Angel of Death pulls it out just like a skewer is pulled out of wet yarn of wool. Once he pulls it out, the angels do not leave it in his hand for a flicker of an eye, and place it in that cloth. It emits horrible odor like that of the most decayed carcass found on earth.

"They than take it up to heavens, where no group of angels that they pass by but ask, 'Who is the wicked soul?' They will say, 'He is so & so.' They call him by the ugliest of names with which he used to be called in this world. When they reach the lowest heaven and ask for the gates to be opened for him, no gate will be opened for him. 

Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah exalt his mention, recited the following ayah:" The gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Jannah  until a camel goes through a needle's eye."( Qur'an. 7:40). Allah will say, 'Place his record in Sijjeen, the lowest earth. It will be roughly thrown into it.

Then the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention, recited: "And he who ascribes a partner to Allah will be as though he has fallen off from the sky, and birds snatch him up; or as though the wind blows him to a remote place." ( Qur'an 22:31 ).

Soon after that his soul rejoins his body, whereupon two angels come to him, make him sit down, and ask him, 'Who is your Rubb?' He says,'Ah,ah, I do not know.'They ask him, 'What is your Deen?' He says, Ah, ah, I do not know.' They ask him,'Who was that man who was sent to you?' He says, 'Ah, ah, I do not know.' 

Allah will say, 'My slave has lied. Give him bedding from Fire, and open up for him a window to the Fire.' No sooner than wind blows heat on him from Hell-Fire, and his grave tightens to the point of squeezing him to force his ribs intertwine. Then an ugly man wearing filthy clothes with repulsive odor comes into his grave and says, 'Grieve by what will sadden you. This is your promised day.' He ask him, 'Who are you? Your face foretells evil news.' He says, 'Iam your wicked deeds.' Thereupon, he says, 'O my Rubb! Let not the Final Hour take place."( Iman Ahmad )