Walk-Women
Walk:
The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, ‘Peace’;
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah # 63)
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Wealth:
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who have migrated in the way of Allah. They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 22)
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Whisper:
You who believe! When you confer together secretly, do not do so in wrongdoing and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger; rather confer together in goodness and fear of Allah. Have fear of Allah–Him to Whom you will be gathered. (9) Conferring in secret is from Satan, to cause grief to those who believe; but it cannot harm them at all, unless by Allah’s permission. So let the believers put their trust in Allah. (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Mujadilah (The Woman Who Pleads), Surah # 58: Ayah # 9-10)
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Wife:
On the night of the fast it is lawful for you to have sexual relations with your wives. They are clothing for you and you for them. Allah knows that you have been betraying yourselves and He has turned towards you and excused you. Now you may have sexual intercourse with them and seek what Allah has written for you. Eat and drink until you can clearly discern the white thread from the black thread of the dawn, then fulfil the fast until the night appears. But do not have sexual intercourse with them while you are in retreat in the mosques. These are Allah’s limits, so do not go near them. In this way does Allah make His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they will guard against evil. (187)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #187)
Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have fear of Allah. Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the believers. (223)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #223)
Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (226) If they are determined to divorce, Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (227)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #226-227)
Those of you who die leaving wives behind: they should wait by themselves for four months and ten nights. When their waiting period comes to an end, you are not to blame for anything they do with themselves with correctness and courtesy. Allah is aware of what you do. (234)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #234)
Those of you who die leaving wives behind should make a bequest to their wives of maintenance for a year without them having to leave their homes. But if they do leave you are not to blame for anything they do with themselves with correctness and courtesy. Allah is Almighty, All- Wise. (240)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #240)
You who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women by force. Nor may you treat them harshly so that you can make off with part of what you have given them, unless they commit an act of flagrant indecency. Live together with them correctly and courteously. If you dislike them, it may well be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed a lot of good. (19) If you desire to exchange one wife for another and have given your original wife a large amount, do not take any of it. Would you take it by means of slander and outright crime? (20) How could you take it when you have been intimate with one another and they have made a binding contract with you? (21)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 19-21)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (126) They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, ‘Allah gives you a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to orphans.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (127) If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her husband’s part, there is nothing wrong in the couple becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better. But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (128) You will not be able to be completely fair between your wives, however hard you try. But do not be completely partial so as to leave a wife, as it were, suspended in mid-air. And if you make amends and guard against evil, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (129) If a couple do separate, Allah will enrich each of them from His boundless wealth. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Wise. (130)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 126-130)
If any of your wives rejoin the disbelievers, you should have compensation. So repay to those whose wives have gone the dowry they paid out. Have fear of Allah–Him in Whom you believe. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Mumtahina (That which Examines), Surah # 60: Ayah # 11)
You who believe! Some of your wives and children are an enemy to you, so be wary of them. But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (14)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Taghabun (The Mutual Loss and Gain), Surah # 64: Ayah # 14)
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Will:
It is prescribed for you, when death approaches one of you and if he has some goods to leave,to make a will in favour of his parents and relatives, correctly and fairly: a duty for all those who guard against evil. (180) Then if anyone alters it after hearing it, the crime is on the part of those who alter it. Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (181) But if someone fears bias or wrongdoing on the part of the person making the will, and puts things right between the people involved, in that case he has not committed any crime. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (182)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #180-182)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
Allah instructs you regarding your children: A male receives the same as the share of two females. If there are more than two daughters they receive two-thirds of what you leave. If she is one on her own she receives a half. Each of your parents receives a sixth of what you leave if you have children. If you are childless and your heirs are your parents your mother receives a third. If you have brothers or sisters your mother receives a sixth, after any bequest you make or any debts. With regard to your fathers and your sons, you do not know which of them is going to benefit you more. These are obligatory shares from Allah. Allah is All- Knowing, All-Wise. (11) You receive half of what your wives leave if they are childless. If they have children you receive a quarter of what they leave after any bequest they make or any debts. They receive a quarter of what you leave if you are childless. If you have children they receive an eighth of what you leave after any bequest you make or any debts. If a man or woman has no direct heirs, but has a brother or sister, each of them receives a sixth. If there are more than that they share in a third after any bequest you make or any debts, making sure that no one’s rights are prejudiced. This is an instruction from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Forbearing. (12)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 11-12)
You who believe! When one of you is near to death and makes a will, two just men from among you should act as witnesses; or, if you are travelling when the misfortune of death occurs, two men who are strangers to you. You should detain them after prayer and, if you are doubtful, they should swear by Allah: ‘We will not sell it for any price, even to a near relative, and we will not conceal the testimony of Allah. If we did we would indeed be wrongdoers.’ (106) If it then comes to light that the two of them have merited the allegation of wrongdoing, two others who have the most right to do so should take their place and swear by Allah: ‘Our testimony is truer than their testimony. We have not committed perjury. If we had we would indeed be wrongdoers.’ (107) That makes it more likely that they will give their evidence properly or be afraid that their oaths will be refuted by subsequent oaths. Have fear of Allah and listen carefully. Allah does not guide deviant people. (108)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 106-107)
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Witness:
(Believers are) those who do not bear false witness and who, when they pass by worthless talk, pass by with dignity;
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah # 72)
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Women:
They will ask you about menstruation. Say, ‘It is an impurity, so keep apart from women during menstruation and do not approach them until they have purified themselves. But once they have purified themselves, then go to them in the way that Allah has enjoined on you.’ Allah loves those who turn back from wrongdoing and He loves those who purify themselves. (222)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #222)
Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have fear of Allah. Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the believers. (223)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #223)
Nor is there anything wrong in any allusion to marriage you make to a woman, nor for any you keep to yourself. Allah knows that you will say things to them. But do not make secret arrangements with them, rather only speak with correctness and courtesy. Do not finally decide on the marriage contract until the prescribed period has come to its end. Know that Allah knows what is in your selves, so beware of Him! And know that Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (235)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #235)
Divorced women should receive maintenance given with correctness and courtesy: a duty for all who guard against evil. (241)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #241)
If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves. That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (3)Give women their dowry as an outright gift. But if they are happy to give you some of it, make use of it with pleasure and goodwill. (4) Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 3-5)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
You who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women by force. Nor may you treat them harshly so that you can make off with part of what you have given them, unless they commit an act of flagrant indecency. Live together with them correctly and courteously. If you dislike them, it may well be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed a lot of good. (19) If you desire to exchange one wife for another and have given your original wife a large amount, do not take any of it. Would you take it by means of slander and outright crime? (20) How could you take it when you have been intimate with one another and they have made a binding contract with you? (21)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 19-21)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (126) They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, ‘Allah gives you a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to orphans.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (127) If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her husband’s part, there is nothing wrong in the couple becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better. But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (128) You will not be able to be completely fair between your wives, however hard you try. But do not be completely partial so as to leave a wife, as it were, suspended in mid-air. And if you make amends and guard against evil, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (129) If a couple do separate, Allah will enrich each of them from His boundless wealth. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Wise. (130)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 126-130)
Today all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of those given the Book is also lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. So are chaste women from among the believers and chaste women of those given the Book before you, once you have given them their dowries in marriage, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. But as for anyone who rejects faith, his actions will come to nothing and in the hereafter he will be among the losers. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 5)
Say to the believing women that they should lower their eyes and guard their chastity and not display their adornments–except for what normally shows–and draw their head-coverings across their breasts. They should only display their adornments to their husbands or their fathers or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons or their husbands’ sons or their brothers or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons or their women or those they own as slaves or their male attendants who have no sexual desire or children who still have no awareness of women’s private parts. Nor should they stamp their feet so that their hidden ornaments are known. Turn to Allah every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you will have success. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 31)
As for women who are past child-bearing age and no longer have any hope of getting married, there is nothing wrong in their removing their outer clothes, provided they do not flaunt their adornments; but to refrain from doing so is better for them. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (60)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 60)
O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the women of the believers to draw their outer garments closely round themselves. This makes it more likely that they will be recognised and not be harmed. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (59)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahzab (The confederates), Surah # 33: Ayah # 59)
You who believe! When women who believe come to you as emigrants, submit them to a test. Allah has best knowledge of their faith. If you know they are believers, do not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful for the disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful for them. Give the disbelievers whatever dowry they paid. And there is nothing wrong in your marrying them provided you pay them their due. Do not hold to any marriage ties with women who disbelieve. Ask for what you paid and let them ask for what they paid. That is Allah’s judgement. Allah will judge between them. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Mumtahina (That which Examines), Surah # 60: Ayah # 10)
The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, ‘Peace’;
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah # 63)
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Wealth:
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who have migrated in the way of Allah. They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 22)
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Whisper:
You who believe! When you confer together secretly, do not do so in wrongdoing and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger; rather confer together in goodness and fear of Allah. Have fear of Allah–Him to Whom you will be gathered. (9) Conferring in secret is from Satan, to cause grief to those who believe; but it cannot harm them at all, unless by Allah’s permission. So let the believers put their trust in Allah. (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Mujadilah (The Woman Who Pleads), Surah # 58: Ayah # 9-10)
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Wife:
On the night of the fast it is lawful for you to have sexual relations with your wives. They are clothing for you and you for them. Allah knows that you have been betraying yourselves and He has turned towards you and excused you. Now you may have sexual intercourse with them and seek what Allah has written for you. Eat and drink until you can clearly discern the white thread from the black thread of the dawn, then fulfil the fast until the night appears. But do not have sexual intercourse with them while you are in retreat in the mosques. These are Allah’s limits, so do not go near them. In this way does Allah make His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they will guard against evil. (187)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #187)
Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have fear of Allah. Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the believers. (223)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #223)
Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (226) If they are determined to divorce, Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (227)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #226-227)
Those of you who die leaving wives behind: they should wait by themselves for four months and ten nights. When their waiting period comes to an end, you are not to blame for anything they do with themselves with correctness and courtesy. Allah is aware of what you do. (234)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #234)
Those of you who die leaving wives behind should make a bequest to their wives of maintenance for a year without them having to leave their homes. But if they do leave you are not to blame for anything they do with themselves with correctness and courtesy. Allah is Almighty, All- Wise. (240)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #240)
You who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women by force. Nor may you treat them harshly so that you can make off with part of what you have given them, unless they commit an act of flagrant indecency. Live together with them correctly and courteously. If you dislike them, it may well be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed a lot of good. (19) If you desire to exchange one wife for another and have given your original wife a large amount, do not take any of it. Would you take it by means of slander and outright crime? (20) How could you take it when you have been intimate with one another and they have made a binding contract with you? (21)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 19-21)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (126) They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, ‘Allah gives you a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to orphans.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (127) If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her husband’s part, there is nothing wrong in the couple becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better. But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (128) You will not be able to be completely fair between your wives, however hard you try. But do not be completely partial so as to leave a wife, as it were, suspended in mid-air. And if you make amends and guard against evil, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (129) If a couple do separate, Allah will enrich each of them from His boundless wealth. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Wise. (130)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 126-130)
If any of your wives rejoin the disbelievers, you should have compensation. So repay to those whose wives have gone the dowry they paid out. Have fear of Allah–Him in Whom you believe. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Mumtahina (That which Examines), Surah # 60: Ayah # 11)
You who believe! Some of your wives and children are an enemy to you, so be wary of them. But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (14)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Taghabun (The Mutual Loss and Gain), Surah # 64: Ayah # 14)
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Will:
It is prescribed for you, when death approaches one of you and if he has some goods to leave,to make a will in favour of his parents and relatives, correctly and fairly: a duty for all those who guard against evil. (180) Then if anyone alters it after hearing it, the crime is on the part of those who alter it. Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (181) But if someone fears bias or wrongdoing on the part of the person making the will, and puts things right between the people involved, in that case he has not committed any crime. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (182)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #180-182)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
Allah instructs you regarding your children: A male receives the same as the share of two females. If there are more than two daughters they receive two-thirds of what you leave. If she is one on her own she receives a half. Each of your parents receives a sixth of what you leave if you have children. If you are childless and your heirs are your parents your mother receives a third. If you have brothers or sisters your mother receives a sixth, after any bequest you make or any debts. With regard to your fathers and your sons, you do not know which of them is going to benefit you more. These are obligatory shares from Allah. Allah is All- Knowing, All-Wise. (11) You receive half of what your wives leave if they are childless. If they have children you receive a quarter of what they leave after any bequest they make or any debts. They receive a quarter of what you leave if you are childless. If you have children they receive an eighth of what you leave after any bequest you make or any debts. If a man or woman has no direct heirs, but has a brother or sister, each of them receives a sixth. If there are more than that they share in a third after any bequest you make or any debts, making sure that no one’s rights are prejudiced. This is an instruction from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Forbearing. (12)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 11-12)
You who believe! When one of you is near to death and makes a will, two just men from among you should act as witnesses; or, if you are travelling when the misfortune of death occurs, two men who are strangers to you. You should detain them after prayer and, if you are doubtful, they should swear by Allah: ‘We will not sell it for any price, even to a near relative, and we will not conceal the testimony of Allah. If we did we would indeed be wrongdoers.’ (106) If it then comes to light that the two of them have merited the allegation of wrongdoing, two others who have the most right to do so should take their place and swear by Allah: ‘Our testimony is truer than their testimony. We have not committed perjury. If we had we would indeed be wrongdoers.’ (107) That makes it more likely that they will give their evidence properly or be afraid that their oaths will be refuted by subsequent oaths. Have fear of Allah and listen carefully. Allah does not guide deviant people. (108)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 106-107)
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Witness:
(Believers are) those who do not bear false witness and who, when they pass by worthless talk, pass by with dignity;
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah # 72)
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Women:
They will ask you about menstruation. Say, ‘It is an impurity, so keep apart from women during menstruation and do not approach them until they have purified themselves. But once they have purified themselves, then go to them in the way that Allah has enjoined on you.’ Allah loves those who turn back from wrongdoing and He loves those who purify themselves. (222)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #222)
Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have fear of Allah. Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the believers. (223)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #223)
Nor is there anything wrong in any allusion to marriage you make to a woman, nor for any you keep to yourself. Allah knows that you will say things to them. But do not make secret arrangements with them, rather only speak with correctness and courtesy. Do not finally decide on the marriage contract until the prescribed period has come to its end. Know that Allah knows what is in your selves, so beware of Him! And know that Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (235)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #235)
Divorced women should receive maintenance given with correctness and courtesy: a duty for all who guard against evil. (241)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #241)
If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves. That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (3)Give women their dowry as an outright gift. But if they are happy to give you some of it, make use of it with pleasure and goodwill. (4) Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 3-5)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
You who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women by force. Nor may you treat them harshly so that you can make off with part of what you have given them, unless they commit an act of flagrant indecency. Live together with them correctly and courteously. If you dislike them, it may well be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed a lot of good. (19) If you desire to exchange one wife for another and have given your original wife a large amount, do not take any of it. Would you take it by means of slander and outright crime? (20) How could you take it when you have been intimate with one another and they have made a binding contract with you? (21)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 19-21)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (126) They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, ‘Allah gives you a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to orphans.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (127) If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her husband’s part, there is nothing wrong in the couple becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better. But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (128) You will not be able to be completely fair between your wives, however hard you try. But do not be completely partial so as to leave a wife, as it were, suspended in mid-air. And if you make amends and guard against evil, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (129) If a couple do separate, Allah will enrich each of them from His boundless wealth. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Wise. (130)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 126-130)
Today all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of those given the Book is also lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. So are chaste women from among the believers and chaste women of those given the Book before you, once you have given them their dowries in marriage, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. But as for anyone who rejects faith, his actions will come to nothing and in the hereafter he will be among the losers. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 5)
Say to the believing women that they should lower their eyes and guard their chastity and not display their adornments–except for what normally shows–and draw their head-coverings across their breasts. They should only display their adornments to their husbands or their fathers or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons or their husbands’ sons or their brothers or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons or their women or those they own as slaves or their male attendants who have no sexual desire or children who still have no awareness of women’s private parts. Nor should they stamp their feet so that their hidden ornaments are known. Turn to Allah every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you will have success. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 31)
As for women who are past child-bearing age and no longer have any hope of getting married, there is nothing wrong in their removing their outer clothes, provided they do not flaunt their adornments; but to refrain from doing so is better for them. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (60)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 60)
O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the women of the believers to draw their outer garments closely round themselves. This makes it more likely that they will be recognised and not be harmed. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (59)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahzab (The confederates), Surah # 33: Ayah # 59)
You who believe! When women who believe come to you as emigrants, submit them to a test. Allah has best knowledge of their faith. If you know they are believers, do not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful for the disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful for them. Give the disbelievers whatever dowry they paid. And there is nothing wrong in your marrying them provided you pay them their due. Do not hold to any marriage ties with women who disbelieve. Ask for what you paid and let them ask for what they paid. That is Allah’s judgement. Allah will judge between them. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Mumtahina (That which Examines), Surah # 60: Ayah # 10)
