Wife give up equal rights.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
A man
have two wifes. One lives in her own apartment. She works and pay all her bills
by herself. The husband have told her that he dont want to feel that he have
to come to her, he wants to come if he likes to.He have forced this wife to
make an abortion. The other wife lives with the man, she dont work and the husband
will probably have children with her. Is this permissible?
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Answer:
Wife give up equal
rights
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verse 3:
3 If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans
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 or (a
captive) that your right hands possess.
That will be more suitable to prevent you from doing injustice.
Islam has given the permission and option to the believing
men who wish and choose to marry more than one wife to marry and keep upto an
absolute maximum of four wives at any one time; but they are strictly commanded
to do justice amongst their wives, especially regarding the equal allocation of
their time and their resources between them.
If one amongst the believers exercises his option to marry more than one
wife but does not deal with justice amongst his wives, he shall have an extremely
severe accounting for his transgression in the Presence of his Lord on that
Inevitable and Tumultuous Day of Judgment.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2128 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
The Prophet (saws) said: When a man has two
wives and he is inclined to one of them, he will come on the Day of
resurrection with a side hanging down.
But if at the time of the nikaah the husband-to-be
informs his bride-to-be that he will not bear the financial burden for her
upkeep, and/or that he will not spend equal time with her, etc.and his
bride-to-be relinquishes her lawful rights and accepts these conditions before
the nikaah contract is finalized.there is absolutely no harm and no blame on
either party.
But if no such agreement between the couple was in place
before the nikaah, and after marriage the husband does not fulfill his legal
and moral obligations of spending equal time and resources amongst his wives,
he indeed will be held guilty of injustice between his wives in the Presence of
his Lord Most High, Most Just on that Tumultuous Day of Judgment.
If the wife feels that her rights are being unjustly
compromised by her husband in the marriage, she is well within her rights to
initiate a divorce proceedings against her husband and seek her freedom.and
there would be absolutely no sin or blame upon her.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister