{"id":1756,"date":"2011-08-29T01:24:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T01:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2011-08-29T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T01:24:16","slug":"zihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/zihar\/","title":{"rendered":"Zihar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhat is Zihar?  <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnswer <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tZihar is a term denoting a custom of the Arabs in the days of ignorance. In case of disagreement with their wives they used to say to them, “You are for me like the back of my mother.” After saying this, they used to take their wives as their real mother in being prohibited for them, and the ties of marriage were held to have been broken for good. (Maariful Quran P.345 V.8)\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tWith regards to your question, the ruling in light of the Shariah is as follows;\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tIf anyone said to his wife that she was equal<\/strong> to his mother, sister, daughter or like<\/strong> his mother sister etc… then it should be judged as to what he meant by it.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tIf he meant in terms of respectability, age or appearance she is equal to his sister, then it is immaterial and of no account. <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tIf while saying it he did not mean this but merely said without any aim or purpose then this is also immaterial. <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tIf saying this he meant divorce, then it is one Talaq Baain. <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tIf he did not intend divorce but just meant that though she is his wife but he has forbidden on himself to do sexual intercourse with her. This in Shariah is called Zihar. <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\tThe religious decree for such position is that the woman will continue to be his wife but the husband cannot do sexual intercourse with her or kiss her or embrace her with passion etc… and she will remain forbidden for him howsoever long a period may pass. But after giving compensation (Kaffarah) they can live as husband and wife and there is no need for remarriage.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe compensation of Zihar is similar to breaking the fast. If the man has capacity and strength he should keep fasts for sixty days continuously without any gap and should not have sexual intercourse with his wife before the end of sixty fasts. If he does, he shall have to keep the sixty fasts afresh, whether the intercourse was done during the day or night, intentionally or unintentionally.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tIf a person is unable to keep the 60 consecutive fasts of Kaffarah for some valid reason e.g. continuous sickness, then one has the option of choosing from one of the following four; \n<\/p>\n

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  1. \n\t\tFeed sixty poor people to the fill for one day (two meals)\n\t<\/li>\n
  2. \n\t\tFeed one poor person for 60 days (two meals a day)\n\t<\/li>\n
  3. \n\t\tGive sixty people 1.6 kg of wheat of its value in cash or food.\n\t<\/li>\n
  4. \n\t\tGive to one poor person 1.6 kg of wheat, rice or grains of its value in cash for 60 days.\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \n\tIf the husband did sexual intercourse with her without giving kafarah then it would be a major sin. If the husband did not use the words equal or like but just said she was his mother or sister then it is of no account. However, to say like that is very bad and a sin also. (Raddul Muhtar P.123 – P.129 V.5 & Bashti Zewar P.318 – P.320)\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\tOnly Allah Knows Best\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\tMohammed Tosir Miah\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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