Re: What's your Opion : Question by a Non-Muslim man about his recently converted wif
I didn't understand why the rule is different for Muslim women. She is only allowed to marry another Muslim man. Why this inequality. Shouldn't the same rules apply for both since both are human Muslims?
Explanation without just a bunch of quranic verses would be appreciated.
Peace indopak
Good question .. you will find this inequality in numbers of spouses too. Men are allowed until 4, but preference is 1, again men are allowed to marry ahlalkitab but the preference is a Muslim woman.
I guess it makes sense that a woman should not have more than one husband it is because it will cause problems with lines of authority. In Islam the role of the man is to lead the family like a manager. A person cannot have two or more direct managers. However, a manager can have more than one staff member. It will prevent conflict in the males and for the past times it would have been difficult to determine the dad of a child that the woman may have.
Likewise it makes sense for a Muslim woman to marry a Muslim, because her faith will never be a target in a Muslim household. If a Jewish or Christian woman come in to a Muslim household they will never curse her religion for the people who they believe were prophets are also considered so by Muslims. However, the other way round is not the case. Also the Old and New Testament laws are not as liberated for a woman than the Qur'an and Sunnah are. For this reason it is best that a woman does not subject herself to the harsher laws by marrying into a family of the older religions of the Book. In fact it so much so that it is not allowed for her. There are other reasons for this too, such as population growth. It is ideal obviously to have many Muslims for the Muslims point of view. By giving away our women it will decrease the Muslim population, because populations are made by women not men. To explain what I mean here is that one man can sire most of his life, but can only do so provided there are enough women who are either not in menopause, or already in gestation, which sets them back by around 1 year. The more women in a community the faster the population grows.
Any other reasons are with God and He Knows Best!