The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 314
314 says in the Holy Qur'ān: وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ 223. Essence of Islam-III 'Lead a life of kindness and equity with your wives. '. And it is mentioned in a Hadith: خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِاهْلِهِ 'The best among you is he who is best towards his wife. '. Therefore, be good to your wives both spiritually and physically. Keep praying for them and avoid divorce. A person who is hasty in divorce is sinful in the eyes of. God. Do not hasten to break like a dirty vessel that which. God has brought together. [Tohfah-e-Golarhviyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 17, p. 75]. A Man's Right to Divorce. One of our readers has raised the objection as to why the. Holy Qur'an has left the matter of divorce to the pleasure of the husband. What he seems to be saying is that men and women being equal, it is unfair to leave divorce solely in the hands of the husband. The answer is that men and women are not equal. Universal experience has shown that man is superior to woman in physical and mental powers. There are exceptions, but exceptions don't make the rule. Justice demands that if man and wife want to separate, the right to decide should lie with the husband. But what surprises me is that this objection should have been raised by an Āryā, according to whose beliefs the status of man is far above that of a woman, and even salvation is not possible unless one begets a male issue. . . . Everyone knows that if an Āryā has forty or 223 Ibid.