To women who would want a divorce just because husband takes another wife

Muzna · June 21, 2013, 1:37pm

Re: To those women who would want a divorce just because their husband takes another

Surah Nisa states “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.”

Why was this allowed? The historic context of the verse is important and it’s revelation came at a time when after the Battle of Uhud, in which many Muslim men were killed, leaving widows and orphans. It’s pretty much agreed (or at least this is my understanding based in what ive been taught) that these Verses have been revealed “because of Allah’s concern for the welfare of women and orphans who were left without husbands and fathers who died fighting for the Prophet and for Islam. It is a verse about compassion towards women and their children; it is not about men or their sexuality"

I don’t really recall hearing of any mass epidemic of Muslim widows being left behind without any support in recent times

^ THIS.