1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

30 Questions

If someone has multiple wives how are the wives supposed to treat the children of the other wives? Do they have to treat them as their own kids and do they have motherly rights over them?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Muslim wife must treat all the children of her husband including from other wives with justice and kindness with out any discrimination. Motherly rights are on her own children but children from other wives must keep the respect of the wives of their father. 
'Wassalam.
When scholars discuss marriage, such as in lectures, they often refer to a one husband and one wife model, akin to Western monogamous norms. Does this imply that Islamic polygamy has become irrelevant in contemporary discussions?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Islamic rules can never be irrelevant in any time or place. Islamic rules apply every where and every time according to its conditions  and the circumstances. Polygamy has its own conditions for those who need it. Western monogamy is just a claim when their own studies confirm that most of them have illegitimate affairs during marriage while Islam is frank and clear in dealing with matters by organizing a system to protect people from sinful sexual behaviour.

Wassalam.
In the context of slavery, did female slaves automatically hold the same status as wives? If that is the case, what is the significance of marriage to slaves mentioned in the Qur'an? Why is marriage necessary if ownership implied a marital relationship?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Slavery rules were never started by Muslims but were already existing in different societies of the time when Islam came. Slavery rules are an outcome of wars. Islamic rules aimed to diminish slavery and finish it off. Slavery rules can not be taken as permanent rules for life but only in war and after war under many conditions.

Slave female from war between Nin Muslims against Muslims is not like a full wife of the owner who has the full rights of justice between her and other wife and inheritance from her husband. When the Muslims marries his owned female (Aman), she will then have all rights if the wife. With out marriage, she is called Sariyyah.

Wassalam.
My husband asserts his exclusive love for me but wishes to marry another woman without justification. I disagree with this marriage; does my consent matter? Given my inability to handle the stress of a second marriage, am I allowed to ask for a divorce?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

Your husband should concentrate his focus on you, and not aim at pursuing his lust. He should focus on building a family with you, and living a prosperous and productive life. You have a right to object, and you also have a right to ask for divorce. That will be your choice and your choice only.

And Allah knows best