When we listen chaos against Islamic polygamy, it seem the burden over the women are suffering from polygamy and if they win in this war against polygamy women will be liberated and solved all what they suffer.
Practicing divine teaching in daily life and educate people accordingly is very good if it is ideal to follow. But most of people nowadays illiterate in their own book but know how to quote verses without knowing its context or rest of it's part to propagate their secular thoghts. Bible and Qur'an agree polygamy; more over that Bible introduces the great personalities who practiced polygamy. But modern secularist forces people to follow their moral code by denying divine law. *Polygamy in the Old Testament:* Let us look at some of the verses from the Old Testament that allow polygamy: A man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry. "If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights. Exodus 21:10 King David had more wives and numerous concubines. Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David-2 Samuel 5:13 Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.- 1 Chronicles 14:3 King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. 1 Kings 11:3 King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines. Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. 2 Chronicles 11:21 Deuteronomy 21:15 "If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, 16 then it shall be in the day he wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn.- 17 "But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn. There are a lot more verses from the Old Testament that allow polygamy, but I think that the above are sufficient enough who seek the truth. *GOD Almighty **can not make a mistake** and say **"those people permitted"**while it was His Own Holy and Divine Law! * *Regard New Testament:* Jesus peace be upon him did honor the laws of the Old Testament, and did order his followers (the Christians as we call them) to follow the laws of the Old Testament: Jesus said: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)" Since New Testament never condemn polygamy, and one who want to become a Christian and he having multiple wives, do he has to divorce them and keep just one? If not, then how is polygamy exactly being forbidden in the NT, when it's compromised and allowed for this man who ready to convert to Christianity?? Islam conceder marriage is not for mere sexuality but it is the back bone of a healthy society. Legal marriage is essential to keep morality because without morality there is no Islam. So it is the duty of Islam to give clear guideline how to be marriage life and the option of polygamy in some circumstance for the people who need and what should be the maximum which will rehabilitate a family and secure the society without allowing him to opt illegal and immoral way. "O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of God aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of God, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in God and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for God is one God: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is God as a Disposer of affairs. (The Noble Quran, 4:171)" Yours Abdullatheef On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Shafiq A. Rahim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *Subject:* FW: [MUSLIM-UMMA] Why is Polygamy allowed in Islam - "Marry > Only 'ONE'" - Quran > > > > > > Any one can give replay with authentic proof (regarding the bible old & new > testment) > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Jacob Nepolian > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:49 AM > *To:* Shafiq A. Rahim; 'Usama Ahammed'; P. G. Thomas; 'rafi mohammed'; > 'raja sree'; 'rani nair'; 'rani zinta'; 'Thottasseri, Yousuff (Ma'aden)'; > 'Mohammed Hameed'; '[email protected]'; C. K. Hamza; Muhamed Basheer > V.T > *Subject:* QRE: [MUSLIM-UMMA] Why is Polygamy allowed in Islam - "Marry > Only 'ONE'" - Quran > > > > Little knowledge is very dangerous than ignorance. Please do not mislead > the people. First learn and interpret the Quran. What quran says marry more > than one if you can consider all wife equally. But every body knows that no > one in this world can love or consider equally. It means even Quran does > not allow polygamy and people interpreting its teaching according to their > wishes. > > Now when we go to Bible it was there in this world 400 years before Quran > and see the following to know what Bible both Old Testment and New Testment > says: > > 1) Old Testment > > Genesis 1 of 27 says – God created man in his own image, in the image of > God he created him; male and female he created them > > Genesis 2 of 18 says – The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be > alone. I will make a partner suitable for him" > > Genesis 2 of 22 to 24 says – Then the Lord God make a woman from the rib he > had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. > > The man said, "This is now bone > of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman', for she was > taken out > > Of man." For this reason a man > will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will > become one > > Flesh. > > > > (So remember every where here God uses singular and God plan was for one > man one wife for one wife one man only) > > > > 2) New Testment > > St. Mark 10 of 2 to 8 it says – Some Pharisees coming up asked Him (means > to Jesus), testing him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife" But > he answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you" They said, Moses > permitted us to write a notice of dismissal, and to put her away." But > Jesus said to them, "By reason of the hardness of your heart he wrote you > that commandment. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and > female. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave > to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Therefore now they are no > longer two, but one flesh, what therefore God has joined together, let no > man put asunder." > > > > For your information, there are many teaching in the New testament > regarding this but due to lack of time and space I cannot put it her. > According to marriage is a Sacrament which is un breakable till death for > any reason. > > > > So try to understand all religions correctly. > > > > Thanks and regards > > JN - Abha > > - *Only QURAN Says to 'Marry Only One':** "Qur'an is the only religious > book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase **'marry only > one'**. There is no other religion or religious book that instructs men > to have only one wife."* > - *POLYGAMY Practice More Among Hindus than Muslims:** The report of > the 'Committee of The Status of Woman in Islam', published in 1975 mentions > [Page Nos 66-67] that the percentage of polygamous marriages between the > year 1951-1961 was; 5.06 among the Hindus while only 4.31% among the > Muslims.* > > > > This communication and any files transmitted with it may be confidential > or privileged. Disclosure, distribution or copying of this > communication may be prohibited. Website: http://www.olayan.com > > Offices: Athens, London, New York, Riyadh, Al-Khobar, Jeddah, Vienna > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! 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