Wives Preventing Polygyny (having more than one wife at one time) – Shaykh al-Albaani

September 4, 2010

Source: silsilat ul-hudaa wa nnoor – the series of guidance and light – tape no. 787

Polygyny : The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.

source: silsilat ul-hudaa wa nnoor, tape no. 787/3
asaheeha translations

 

Question: “Is it allowed for a woman to come between her husband and polygyny?”

Shaikh al-Albaani (rahimahullaah):

“Of course, I believe that this is not allowed for her because of two reasons: 1) she is hindering (her husband) from the (lawful) path of Allaah, and 2) she is opposing the command of her husband. Because you know that the obedience of a woman to her husband is obligatory as is the case with the obedience of a member of a nation to the Muslim ruler – I don’t say blind obedience, but rather complete obedience – except that which the Legislation has made an exception, i.e. except if it is in disobedience to Allaah. And based on this there are Legislated rulings: that if the Muslim ruler commands something that is fundamentally allowed, this command becomes obligatory upon the one who is commanded with it to carry out, because it is the command of the Walee ul-Amr (Muslim ruler). Exactly likewise is the affair with respect to the wife with her husband.

So if a husband commands his wife to do something which is fundamentally allowed in the Legislation and which the woman is able to carry out, then it is obligatory upon her to obey him. And if she does not obey him, she has disobeyed Allaah and His Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Therefore when a woman sets up obstacles that may come between her husband and the thing he wants to attain which Allaah (‘azza wa jal) has allowed, let alone if the allowed matter is something desired and legislated, then no doubt she will be disobedient two times: 1) as I mentioned previously, she is hindering (her husband) from the (lawful) path, and 2) she is opposing her husband in something that is not for her to oppose because she is able (to carry it out) and he is not wanting to do an act of disobedience to Allaah.”

PS : Webster’s New World Dictionary defines Polygamy as “the practice of having two or more wives or husbands at the same time.”  Since Muslim women are not allowed to have two or more husbands at the same time, let’s find a better word:  Polygyny.  The same dictionary defines polygyny as “a practice of having two or more wives at the same time.” Polyandry (Greek: poly- many, andros- man) refers to a form of marriage in which a woman has two or more husbands at the same time

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A good lesson for the Jinnuurees (wisdom, kk zakariyya & co. ) in Kerala !

The ḥadīth is reported by Imām Abū Dāwūd in his Sunan, he (Jābir ibn Sulaym) narrates: I saw a man whose opinion was held in high regard by the people, he would not voice an opinion except that they would carry out his opinion.  So I said, 'Who is this man?' It was said, 'This is the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ)'. So he went to the Messenger and said, 'ʿAlayka al-Salām, yā Rasūl-Allāh'. The Prophet (ﷺ) responded by saying, 'Do not say 'ʿalayka al-Salām', for indeed it is the greeting of the dead, rather say, 'Assalāmu ʿalayk.' Jābir (raḍiAllāhu ʿanhu) then said, 'You are the Messenger of Allāh?', to which the Messenger (ﷺ) responded, 'I am the Messenger of Allāh, the One Who, if any harm befalls you, you call upon Him and He removes the harm, and if a year of drought reaches you, you call on Him and He sends down the rain to bring forth vegetation; and He is the One who if you are lost in a land with no water, a barren desert, and your riding beast strays away from you, then you call upon Him and He is the One who will return your riding beast to you and save your life.'

So, Jābir upon hearing this said, 'Give me something to hold to', the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 

"Do not insult anyone." (Jābir mentions, 'So after that I insulted no free man, no slave, no camel and no sheep'). 'Do not look down upon any good deed you may do, and for you to address your brother while you have a smile on your face is a kind of goodness. And raise your lower garment to half way up your calf, and if you refuse that, then to the level of the ankle, and be warned against Isbāl (dragging the garment on the ground) for it is a kind of arrogance, and Allāh does not love arrogance; and if a person insults you, abuses you and accuses you of something he knows about you (i.e mentions a fault of yours), then do not mention a fault of his, and the bad effect of what he has done will be  upon him.'" [End ḥadīth]

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❍ قَـالَ العلّامــة بنُ بـازٍ-رَحِمهُ الله-:

أمَّا الشّرك الأَصْغَر فَهُوَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ الكَبَائِرِ، وَصَاحِبُهُ عَلَى خَطَرٍ عَظِيمٍ، لَكِنْ قَدْ يُمْحَى عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ بِرُجْحَانِ الحَسَنَاتِ، وَقَدْ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَيْهِ بِبَعْضِ العُقُوبَاتِ لَكِنْ لَا يُخَلَّدُ فِي النَّارِ خُلُودَ الكُفَّارِ، فَلَيْسَ هُوَ مِمَّا يُوجِبُ الخُلُودَ فِي النَّارِ، وَلَيْسَ مِمَّا يُحْبِطُ الأَعْمَالَ، وَلَكِنْ يُحْبِطُ العَمَلَ الَّذِي قَارَنَهُ.


 فَالشَّرَكُ الأَصْغَرُ يُحْبِطُ العَمَلَ المُقَارن لَهُ، كَمَنْ يُصَلِّي يُرائي فَلَا أُجَرَ لَهُ، بَلْ عَلَيْهِ إِثْمٌ، وَهَكَذَا مَنْ قَرَأَ يُرائي فَلَا أُجَرَ لَهُ بَلْ عَلَيْه إِثْمٌ، بِخِلَافِ الشّرك الأَكْبَر، وَالكُفْر الأَكْبَر فَإِنَّهُمَا يُحْبِطَانِ جَمِيعَ الأَعْمَالِ، كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: {وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ} .


فَالوَاجِبُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، وَعَلَى العَالِمِ وَالمُتَعَلِّمِ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، أَنْ يعنى بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ وَيتَبَصَّر فِيهِ، حَتَّى يَعْلَم حَقِيقَة التَّوْحِيد بِأَنْوَاعِهُ، وَحَتَّى يَعْلَم حَقِيقَة الشّركِ بِنَوْعَيْهِ: الأَكْبَر وَالأَصْغَر، وَحَتَّى يُبَادِر بِالتَّوْبَةِ الصَّادِقَةِ مِمَّا قَدْ يَقَعُ مِنْهُ مِنْ الشّركِ الأَكْبَرِ، أَوْ الشّرك الأَصْغَر، وَحَتَّى يَلْزَمَ التَّوْحِيدَ، وَيَسْتَقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ، وَحَتَّى يَسْتَمِرَّ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ، وَأَدَاءِ حَقّهِ، فَإِنَّ التَّوْحِيدَ لَهُ حُقُوقٌ، وَهِيَ أَدَاءُ الفَرَائِضِ، وَترْڪ المناهي، فَلاَ بُدَّ مـَعَ التَّوْحِيدِ مِنْ أَدَاءِ الفَرَائِضِ، وَترْڪ المناهي، وَلاَ بُدَّ أَيْضًا مَنْ تَرڪ الإِشْرَاك كُلّه: صَغِيره وَكَبِيره..❝

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 أَمَّنْ يَهْدِيكُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَنْ يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ أَئِلَهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ (63) 

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 هُوَ الَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَاءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ (22) فَلَمَّا أَنْجَاهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مَتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (23) 

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