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An-Nisa 4:34 is the 34th verse in the fourth chapter of the Quran. [1] This verse adjudges the role of a husband as protector and maintainer of his wife and how he should deal with disloyalty on her part.
It is implied that a noble "husband's responsibilities commit him to support his wife and children, provide education for his offspring, be kind and attentive to his spouse, and be good to his affine". [19] These values have remained rather consistent throughout the history of Islam. It is culturally understood that women do, and should, rely ...
Divorce in Islam can take a variety of forms, some executed by a husband personally and some executed by a religious court on behalf of a plaintiff wife who is successful in her legal divorce petition for valid cause. Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny).
Yusuf and Zulaikha (the English transliteration of both names varies greatly) is a title given to many tellings in the Muslim world of the story of the relationship between the prophet Yusuf and Potiphar's wife. Developed primarily from the account in Sura 12 of the Qur'an, a distinct story of Yusuf and Zulaikha seems to have developed in ...
Although Islamic marriage customs and relations vary depending on country of origin and government regulations, both Muslim men and women from around the world are guided by Islamic laws and practices specified in the Quran. [1] Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny).
In most Arab countries, interfaith marriages are allowed as long as the husband is Muslim and the wife is Jewish or Christian. [16] There are, however, some Arab countries that do not enforce such laws: in Lebanon , there is no civil personal status law and marriages are performed according to the religion of the spouses; and it has been legal ...
Whilst traditional Islamic scholarship upholds the notion that Islamic law permits polygyny and furthermore enforces the divine command to "marry only one" where the man fears being unable to fulfil the rights of two in a fair manner, a substantial segment of the Islamic scholarship elaborates further on the ruling regarding men who are able to ensure complete equality amongst the multiple wives.
Joseph resists and runs away, but is caught by other servants and reported to his master. The wife lies to her husband, saying that Joseph tried to rape her. (Yusuf 12:25; Genesis 39:12); At this point, the two stories differ. In the Bible, Joseph's master (named as Potiphar) refuses to believe Joseph's denial and imprisons him.