Page 257 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

The Position of a Woman Who Divorces Her Husband

Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce

with no good reason will be deprived of even

smelling the scent of paradise. (Reported by Tirmid-
hi, 2/329, abwab al-talaq, 11; Ibn Hibban, 9/490,

Kitab al-nikah, bab ma'ashirah al-zawjayn)

Firstly, the Qur'an explicitly describes the conditions and rules
that apply for spouses to divorce one another (This will be discussed
in detail in due course). God recognizes the right to divorce of both
sides. Yet there are no statements regarding a woman who divorces
her husband being unable to enter paradise as in the above false
hadith. This is manifest proof that the hadith is entirely fabricated.

There can be no question of our Prophet (pbuh) making unlawful
something that God has made lawful and bringing in a command-
ment that is the exact opposite of what God commands. Therefore, in
the event that a woman wishes to divorce, God bestows that freedom
on her in the Qur'an. The conditions for divorce are revealed in vers-

es that contain countless precautions intended to protect the woman,
materially and psychologically, both before and after divorce. There-
fore, the statement that a woman who asks her husband for a divorce
"will be deprived of even smelling the scent of paradise" is totally
false and defamatory. It is the product of a devilish logic that has
nothing to do with Islam.

It is highly important to note that Islam consists of Divine pro-

nouncements, the word of God, that fully address human nature and

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