in Islam, it seems that everything is done three times with a little gap in the middle…
saying the ‘qubool hae’ of the nikah…
the ‘talaaq’ is also given three times…
it is also said that if u go to visit someone, u r supposed to knock at their door three times and if they dont open the door then u r supposed to return…
i’m not sure but i have heard that if someone sends a proposal to someone they are allowed to also go three times…? and if they are rejected thrice then they should stop…
is this true? has someone else also heard this…?
what is the significance of three times…? is it becoz Allah swt has given margin for the indecisive nature of human beings? to give them space to overcome their emotion and let logic rule in the end?
would appreciate thoughtful replies, dont necessarily have to be supported by religious sources such as ahadith/ayaat
drinking
knocking at the doors
telling something of importance
and so on and so forth.
but there are many acts done in different figures (Tawaf-e-kaba = 7, saii of safa marwa = 7 )
Basically, significane is the Sunnah
Partially, your generalization seems logical as well.
Being Muslim, it is enough for me that I am following the prophet :saw:
In his views, emphasis was at most three times but constant repeatation of such acts was not-natural & Allah :swt: knows best.
how come this three-some sounds very much like the trinity held in Christianity. There too, the number 3 is considered 'better' than other numbers, especially 2, cuz that is a devilicious number.
Very striking analogy here....
Could it be that the number 3 in Islam has been silently taken over from Christianity over the course of the years. And in order to differentiate it from the trinity and to gain credibility a Hadith has been made up to go along with it?
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the two dont even come anywhere close if u wish to compare them…
how cud u compare the two is simply out of my understanding…
and a very poor attempt at yet another “Islam is a borrowed religion” theory…
well, i'm not saying it's true....but the striking analogy is there. My question is whether it could be a possibility....and if not, then what proof is there to refute it?
Talaq" can fall under two broad categories; “Talaq al Raji”, which is revocable divorce and “Talaq al Bidi”, which is irrevocable divorce.
In “Talaq al Raji”, the husband pronounces “Talaq” once or at the most twice. This is based on the following Quranic injunction:
“A divorce is only permissible twice. After that the parties should either hold together on equitable terms or separate with kindness.” (Quran sura 2, aya 29).
After this, the 3 month waiting period starts (Iddat)
Talaq al Raji may take one of the two forms:
“Ahsan” or “Hasan”, “Talaq al Ahsan” is “the most approved” form of Talaq. It is so named because of the approval it received from the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). “Ahsan” is effected by a single declaration of repudiation, during a woman’s “clean period", and by subsequent abstention from intercourse with her, during her period waiting. In this period, however, repudiation is revocable and the husband may resume conjugal relations with his wife. Until the period of waiting has expired, the marriage tie is not dissolved.
“Talaq al Hasan”, on the other hand, is a less approved form of divorce. It is so named because it commands a degree less in the approval of the Prophet (PBUH) as compared to “Talaq al Ahsan”. It is effected by three repudiations in three successive “clean periods”. After the first and the second repudiation the situation is the same as in the “Ahsan” form of divorce, that is, the repudiation is revocable. It becomes absolute when the third repudiation has been pronounced or when the period of iddah has expired without revocation of repudiation.
who says it's about three gods??? it's about one god in three modes of revelation
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I don't know. May be you know being so much of a christian :-)
