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[quote]Dear Saadiamalik Your quote: [quote] “What can I say! We are only required to pay heed to Prophet Muhammad? The Qur'an desires that all prophets be respected equally i.e. believed in equally. As for the laws, yes, in Muhammad, sws, we find the final, refined version. The Sunnahs he demonstrated for us were all Abrahamic Traditions, cleansed by Allah, once and for all, through His last Prophet.” [/quote] Unquote Yes, we are only required to pay heed to Prophet Muhammad, none else. The commands of Al-Qur’aan with regard to equally respecting all prophets, does not in any way supersedes the commands to obey Allah and obey His Prophet Muhammad. Please read the following Verses : [green][b]“Say (O Muhammad SAW): “Obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad SAW).” But if they turn away, then Allah does not like the disbelievers.” (Surah Al-Imran, Chapter-3, Verse-32) “And obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) that you may obtain mercy.” (Surah Al-Imran, Chapter-3, Verse-132) “O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority. (And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger (SAW), if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination.” (Surah An-Nisa, Chapter-4, Verse-59). “He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), has indeed obeyed Allah, but he who turns away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad SAW) as a watcher over them.” (Surah An-Nisa, Chapter-4, Verse-80). “And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (SAW), fears Allah, and keeps his duty (to Him), such are the successful ones.” (Surah An-Noor, Chapter-24, Verse-52).[/b][/green] Hence, obeying Allah and his Messenger becomes “Fard” (obligatory) on a Muslim. Denial of an obligatory act amounts to disbelief and disbelief is punishable. Any command of Allah via Al-Qur’aan is Obligatory on everyone. There is no single command in support of bachelorhood or Asceticism or Monasticism. Rather Allah says he did not prescribed Monasticism even on the followers of Eisa Alaihissalaam. But they invented. There is no place for any invention in Islam, because Allah has already completed his Deen. [green][b]“….This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion….” (Surah Al-Maidah, Chapter-5, Verse-3)[/b][/green] Regarding marriage and lineage, see the verse below: [green][b]“And it is He Who has created man from water, and has appointed for him kindred by blood, and kindred by marriage. And your Lord is Ever All-Powerful to do what He will. (Surah Al-Furqan, Chapter-25, Verse-54).[/b][/green] This is apart from the marriage commands in Surah An-Nisa, Chapter-3, Verse-3 to 28. Also read the following Verse : [green][b]“And marry those among you who are single (i.e. a man who has no wife and the woman who has no husband) and (also marry) the Salihun (pious, fit and capable ones) of your (male) slaves and maid-servants (female slaves). If they be poor, Allah will enrich them out of His Bounty. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knowing (about the state of the people). (Surah An-Nur, Chapter-24, Verse-32).[/b][/green] And also this : [green][b]“And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His Bounty…” (Surah An-Nur, Chapter-24, Verse-33)[/b][/green] Still do you believe that marriage is not obligatory (Fard) ? And if you remain as a “willful bachelor” practicing, Asceticism, neither obeying Allah, nor his Prophet (peace be upon him) that is not haraam ? Your quote [quote] “Also, I wonder if you'll simply take more than one woman for marriage at a time, just because it is permitted by the Qur'an.” [/quote] Unquote Well. Without permission from Al-Qur’aan who will dare to take more than one woman for marriage ? Can anyone dare to take more than 4 ? If yes, he becomes transgressor and transgression is a punishable offence. The wisdom behind the permission of more than one wife (polygyny) is as follows : 1. Qur’an 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 in Islam the 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. 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. 2. 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 paediatric 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. 3. World female population is more than male population: In 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. 4. 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. 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. Peace & Multiple Smiles Zeenaeem[/quote]
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