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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The references in the above fabri-
cated hadiths to women "... failing to
please their husbands or not observing their
rights" are again in blatant opposition to the verses
of the Qur'an. If a Muslim woman behaves toward her hus-
band in a manner that is not compatible with the moral val-

ues of the Qur'an, then she loses God's approval, not that
of her husband; what truly matters for a Muslim is the loss
of God's approval. For that reason, the important thing for
a Muslim is not the approval of his or her spouse, but that

of God. So according to the Qur'an, once a Muslim woman
has made good her error and earned the approval of God,
it is of no importance to her whether her husband or any-
one else approves of her. Indeed, if the other person has a
Muslim nature, he will naturally be pleased with this state
of affairs as that will be pleasing to God.

However, the general perspective of these false

hadiths is strikingly reminiscent of marriages from the
Time of Ignorance, based entirely on polytheism, rather
than on God and the commandments of the Qur'an. As we
have already said, a married man and woman in the
Qur'an are select people who fear God, and who possess
noble and superior moral values. That is what marriage is

based on in the Qur'an. So long as they remain married,
their feelings of love, affection, respect, compassion and
loyalty to one another grow stronger all the time. God
reveals in the Qur'an that love, compassion, modesty and
tranquility must all be present together in marriage:

Among His signs is that He created spouses for you of
your own kind so that you might find tranquility in

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