{"id":23250,"date":"2021-11-21T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T10:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=23250"},"modified":"2021-11-21T10:17:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T10:17:28","slug":"prophet-muhammad-saws-equal-treatment-of-his-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/prophet-muhammad-saws-equal-treatment-of-his-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Muhammad SAW\u2019s Equal Treatment of His Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05562<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Habiba Akhtar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Does verse 51 of Suratal Ahzab mean that the Prophet did not have to be just between his time divided between his wives? So he could visit whoever he wanted and he could completely desert some if he wanted, even if the wives did not agree? What is the wisdom behind this?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The interpretation of this hadith and the nature of the Prophet Muhammad SAW&#8217;s relationship with his wives will be better understood from the accounts of his wives themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Equal treatment of wives is generally announced to the public and this is applicable to the Prophet Muhammad SAW himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Consider the following hadith:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Aishah narrated that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Prophet would divide (his time) equally between his wives and said: &#8220;O Allah! This is my division in what I have control over, so do not punish me for what You have control over which I do not have control over.&#8221; (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Thus, we can establish from the above account of Aisha RA that the Prophet SAW had an entire system and protocol to suffice each wife and give them their right. If such was the practice of the Prophet Muhammad SAW accounted for by his wife, then how can we assume he was free from the obligation of treating his wives fairly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The fact that he also sought forgiveness and refuge from such an act of inequality shows that his purpose and aim was to attain equality between his wives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Hence, in response to your query, the Prophet SAW was not excused from the ruling of treating all wives equally and the protocol of the Prophet SAW supports this claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Habiba Akhtar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0634\u064e\u0629\u064e\u060c \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064e \u0635\u0644\u0649\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0643\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e \u064a\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0633\u0650\u0645\u064f \u0628\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u064e \u0646\u0650\u0633\u064e\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0641\u064e\u064a\u064e\u0639\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0644\u064f \u0648\u064e\u064a\u064e\u0642\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f \u200f&#8221;\u200f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0651\u064e \u0647\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0642\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u064e\u062a\u0650\u064a\u0641\u0650\u064a\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064f \u0641\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0644\u064f\u0645\u0652\u0646\u0650\u064a\u0641\u0650\u064a\u0645\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064f \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u0623\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064f \u200f&#8221;\u200f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Jami Tirmidhi 1140<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05562 &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Habiba Akhtar &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; Does verse 51 of Suratal Ahzab mean that the Prophet did not have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23312,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23250\/revisions\/23312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}