Please Read This

Submitted by Muhammad Haroon (Egypt), Apr 22, 2007 at 01:30

Unfortunately it's not only you who know nothing about "ISLAM", A very great bunch of muslims don't either. Because instead of being slaves of "Allah" they are slaves of their own societies, traditions and families, so you can't fairly judge "ISLAM" by those guys cultures, characters or appearances.

So, what do you need to know about marriage in Islam ?

1. How are muslim men supposed to treat there wives ?

A muslim or non-muslim wife has the right to be respected, loved, assisted and supported by her husband by involving her in taking decisions, listening to her advices, being friendly and nice to her even by helping her in the house works whatever they are (cooking, cleaning and every thing) especially if she has a job.

2. Does a non-muslim woman have to change her religion to marry a muslim man ?

No at all, It's her right to hold on with her religion till she dies, Only children have to be muslims.

3. What about marrying 4 women ?

A muslim man has the right to marry up to 4 women with certain reservations:

A ) Being absolutely fair as far as he can in all matters, even in the finest details.

B ) Announcing and having the approval of his existing (wife / wives) and the (woman / women ) that he wants to marry about that situation.

C ) Having the capabilities to carry on such heavy responsibility.

So, any woman can refuse this situation even by writing her reservation(s) in the marriage document.

4. Why only muslim men can marry christian or Jew women, while muslim wonen can't marry christian or Jew men ?

As we all know, the ascending order of relegions is Judaism, Christianity, and finally Islam.

So, every muslim must believe in and respect all religions and all messengers because these religions are complementing each other, it's just like building a structure in 3 steps. and once the man is the head of the family, A muslim man could be a trustee for his non-muslim wife (And He Must) because he believes in the religion she believes in so he'll always garants to her the right of choice. But on the other hand a christian or a Jew man can't offer the same thing to his muslim wife because he doesn't believe in the religion she believes in.

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