I have heard that in Pakistan this is a common practice where young girls usually when they are really young are married of the Quran Shareef.
Could anyone provide the facts about this practice.
My personal opinion that this is act is not justified as first of all its ruining ones life. I think there must be some influence from the our Indian heritage as such acts are real common in backward Hindu families where several types of such acts are done especailly to young girls.
another example of those stupid things that people do out of ignorance…
lack of education is such a curse
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yup..it happens...especially rich chaudries who dont want to loose their fortune to their son in law..
ignorance...its a crime..
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It's disgusting!
They even got a pakistani film out(Mendhi wale hath)where the family gets the girl married to the Quran sharief pak, so they can have the her share of the money that her dad left in his will.
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These Quran-marridges are as Haraam as it can be, and still people let it happen. Why??
I also saw a movie about it 'Mehndi waali hath' with Saima and Momar Rana. Its disgusting and sad what happens to girls.
Waise to log kehte rehtey hain ke this is haraam and that is haraam, par phir bhi sab se zuadah gunnah khud karte hain.
Many practices, including the one you mention here, still occur in backward Muslim families.
Such acts need to be condemned openly and steps taken against the perpetrators to teach the population that we will not tolerate.
They are not as common as believed to be.
Though significant enough to raise flags of concern. Ignorance is the root cause and only if we can give our governments to spend more on Education.
Though I believe situation is getting better as far as Education is concerned!
Sorry for my ignorance, but I don't understand what happens in this process. How does someone get married "of the Quran Shareef"? What does that mean? Who precisely does she marry? Very sorry for the stupid questions, but I've never heard of this previously at all, so just curious.
I think its a medieval practice which may still be prevalent within Rural areas of Sindh, it is even blessed by local maulvis (probably CORRUPT maulvis). In Islam this practice is TOTALLY forbidden. I think its nothing but a fake excercise which allows rich landowners to control property rights.
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Thats what I thought! I think it has soime hindu influence in this! it is just ridiculous though!
This practice happens in some rural and feudally controlled areas in Pakistan, because of soicial manipulative reasons. This is condemned by all authoritative religious figures in Pakistan.
I think the logic behind such an arrangement arose by implying that the Qur'an is a mozakkar in its sift, so......
We have folks going to mazars and doing shirk, this is just another example of ignorence. Insha'Allah as ilm spreads such things as honor killings, quran marriages, mazari stuff would disappear.
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Originally posted by saima Iqbal:
It's disgusting!
They even got a pakistani film out(Mendhi tere nam ki)where the family gets the girl married to the Quran sharief pak, so they can have the her share of the money that her dad left in his will.
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Sorry wrong film name, it is Mendhi wale hath
Does anyone know what the process is? I mean, what is the ceremony like? Is it shown in the film?
Btw, AliBeta, I'm sure you know that the same practice in Hinduism is equally abhorred these days.
Hmmmm....very disturbing!.....
Its is a sin and haram!.....how disgraceful!
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Does anyone know what the process is? I mean, what is the ceremony like?
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That's what I'm wondering too... what exactly happens in the process?
Any woman who is married to the Quran is known as ‘Shahzadi ibadat’ by the locals of Sindh and the ceremony is called ‘haq-baksh-wai’.
I found one article but it doesnt show what is involved in the ceremony.
Married to Quran to save property!
KARACHI (August 7) : The primitive practice of marrying women to the Quran, the Muslim holy book, as a way to prevent division of family property has become the bane of the lives of many females in Pakistan.
According to a new survey, in the southern Sindh province alone, over 5,000 women are victims of this rite every year. Many of them become mental patients.
The male members of a family condemn women to a life of celibacy, dependence and loneliness to save their property from falling into the hands of husbands and children to be.
In various parts of Sindh and southern region of the Punjab province, feudals do not marry off their daughters and sisters. They are forced to surrender their right to marry spending their lives as spinsters.
This tradition is mostly followed in Sanghar, Nawabshah, Sukkur and Khairpur districts of Sindh and several girls have lost their lives defying the tradition.
Some feudal families in Lodhran, Kehror Pakka, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar areas of the Punjab province also follow the tradition.-Internews
not just in sindh, bhai, also in punjab...lets not throw all the bad rites to one province.
what problem do you have with Punjabis? You are always on there back! I hate this, we are all Pakistanis here. PCG please stop doing this!
PyariC thought its not limited to Sindh, but Sindh is more commonly/widely known for this practice of nikkah with Quran. My grandfathers have known rich Sindhi feudal lords who have done such with their daughters...its quite disturbing and sad. These kinds of people need to be enlightened/educated about factual Islam. They pickup whatever and suit it best to their needs/wants.
No,it doesn't happen in punjab. Well can't say DOESN'T,but very very rare,maybe 1%. The chaudhries are not influenced with such pratctices because it doesn't exist in punjabi cult. In the sindh side, where the culture was influenced by hinduism,more of the hindu practices. If some people would try searching into this, Wadaira's who r like Chaudhries, still have servents who would touch their feet and say "pairi paina".This comes from hinduism, but punjab is influenced by punjabi,sikh culture. Like the caste system,which still exist in pakistani punjab.You still find sikh in punjab,but you will always find a hindu in sindh. This shows which culture would have influenced which part of the country.
I don't understand, such practice is not even islamic,its anti-islam. Muslims have forgot the last Khutba of our prophet,where he(saw) stated, anything which is added or deducted from the teachings is haraam and kufr. Islam is complete with the Quran and Hadith. and we all know,nothing like this ever happened when Hazrat Muhammad(s.a.w) was alive. Not just the Quran,but our Prophets life tells us what Islam is.
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