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your wife to yourself and have fear of Allah,’ after him. To do that would be a dreadful thing in
while concealing something in yourself which Allah’s sight. (33: 53)
Allah wished to bring to light, you were fearing So it will be. We will marry them to dark-eyed
people when Allah has more right to your fear. maidens. (44:54)
Then when Zayd divorced her We married her to They will recline on couches ranged in rows and
you so that there should be no restriction for the We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens.
believers regarding the wives of their adopted (52:20)
sons when they have divorced them. Allah’s You who believe! When women who believe
command is always carried out. (33:37) come to you as emigrants, submit them to a test.
You who believe! When you marry believing Allah has best knowledge of their faith. If you
women and then divorce them before you have know they are believers, do not return them to
touched them, there is no waiting period for you the disbelievers. They are not lawful for the dis-
to calculate for them, so give them a gift and let believers nor are the disbelievers lawful for them.
them go with kindness. (33:49) Give the disbelievers whatever dowry they paid.
O Prophet! We have made lawful for you: your And there is nothing wrong in your marrying
wives to whom you have given dowries and any them provided you pay them their due. Do not
slavegirls you own from the booty Allah has al- hold to any marriage ties with women who dis-
lotted you and the daughters of your paternal un- believe. Ask for what you paid and let them ask
cles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and for what they paid. That is Allah’s judgement.
the daughters of your maternal uncles and the Allah will judge between them. Allah is All-
daughters of your maternal aunts who have mi- Knowing, All-Wise. (60:10)
grated with you and any believing woman who Allah has made an example for those who disbe-
gives herself to the Prophet if the Prophet desires lieve: the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They
to marry her: exclusively for you as opposed to were married to two of Our servants who were
the rest of the believers–We know very well what righteous but they betrayed them and were not
We have prescribed for them regarding their helped at all against Allah. They were told, ‘Enter
wives and any slavegirls they possess–in order the Fire along with all who enter it.’ (66:10)
that there be no restriction on you. Allah is Ever-
Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33:50) MARTYRDOM
After that no other women are lawful for you nor Do not say that those who are killed in the Way
may you exchange them for other wives, even of Allah are dead. On the contrary, they are alive
though their beauty might be pleasing to you, but you are not aware of it. (2:154)
with the exception of any you own as slaves. If you are killed in the Way of Allah or if you die,
Allah is watchful over all things. (33:52) forgiveness and mercy from Allah are better than
You who believe! Do not go into the Prophet’s anything you can acquire. (3:157)
rooms except when you are invited to come and Do not suppose that those killed in the Way of
eat. Do not wait there while the food is being Allah are dead. No indeed! They are alive and
cooked. However, when you are called, go in, well provided for in the very presence of their
and when you have eaten, disperse, not remain- Lord, delighting in the favour Allah has bestowed
ing there to chat with one another. Doing that on them, rejoicing over those they left behind
causes annoyance to the Prophet though he is who have not yet joined them, feeling no fear
too reticent to tell you so. But Allah is not reticent and knowing no sorrow, rejoicing in blessings
with the truth. When you ask his wives for some- and favour from Allah and that Allah does not let
thing, ask them from behind a screen. That is the wage of the believers go to waste. (169-171)
purer for your hearts and their hearts. It is not Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger will be
right for you to cause annoyance to the with those whom Allah has blessed: the
Messenger of Allah or ever to marry his wives Prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the mar-
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