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O you who believe it is not lawful for you to take a woman by force against her will.
No! And if they do get married, may God forbid, but if they do get married to cruel
(and) unkind person, they bear his excesses for whole life, because they don’t
even know that according to Islam if the woman wants at the time of the marriage,
in the marriage contract, she can put the stipulation and keep the right of divorce
in her hands and if I am wrong, brother Jamal Badawi please correct me I request
you, right now (Dr Jamal Badawi sitting in the audience concurs with Sister Afia).
Ok you are saying I am right. (There is more even - Dr Jamal Badawi). Oh there
is more even! I don’t have time that is the problem, anyway, so this is one thing.
The other thing in some very ‘traditional families’ if a girl even wants to ask what is in
her marriage contract or what the contract is period! They label her as ‘shameless’!
And it’s such a naïve ground if girl does get divorces why does the whole society
looks down upon her? Islam does not, Allah does not! In the Qur’an in fact where
Allah is reproaching wives of the Prophet Muhammad SAW for giving him hard
time, He says that if you don’t repent I will replace you with women who are better
than you, who will be married previously and who would be virgins.
Brothers and Sisters! When I was in Pakistan I had worked very closely with the
President of United Islamic Organization for two years. And in fact she would be
coming to America later on this week, ask her and she will tell you, day in and
day out, how many cases of women there are suffering have serious problems
because of these and many other un-Islamic practices. And when I say un-Islamic
practices I am including all these western forms of dating and what not, I am
including all these.Brothers and Sister! This is got to stop now! This is got to
change, we as Muslims, what is our goal? Are goal is to serve Allah. Why are all
these un-Islamic practices so prevalent? We have to change them now.
Has not the time come for the Muslims that their heart turns towards Allah?
Remembrance of Allah and what Allah has revealed which is the truth.Yes the
time has come! The time is now! For us to get together and come up with solutions
for these problems. Let none of us think that we cannot make any difference,
yes we can if our intention is pure. Whoever will strive to reach Allah, Allah will
guide him to the way that leads to Allah and indeed Allah is with the people who
are righteous, who do good deeds, who are the ‘muhsineen’. So let us do away
with our cultural, traditional whatever biases, shun everything un-Islamic and turn
towards Islam۔
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اراکبا تابیط
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