Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 171
171 ََلَ َُیَۡ النَِس َٓاء ِ و َ لَو ۡ حَرَصۡتُّم ۡ ف و َ لَن ۡ تَسۡتَطِیۡعُّوۡۤۡا اَن ۡ تَعۡدِلُّوۡا ب ِ ؕ و َ اِن ۡ تُّصۡلِحُّوۡا ذَرُّوۡہَا کَالۡمُّعَلََقَۃ َ تَمِیۡلُّوۡا کُّل ََ الۡمَیۡل ِ فَت ﴾ ۱۳۰ ا ﴿ ا َ کَان َ غَفُّوۡرا ا رََحِیۡم ّللَہ و َ تَتََقُّوۡا فَاِن ََ ا ‘ A nd you cannot keep perfect balance between wives, despite your best intentions, so incline not entirely to one, lest the other should be left suspended, unattended and uncared for. And if you amend and act righteously, surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Merci ful. ’ (4:130) It is not possible to have perfect fairness in matters wh ich are beyond a person’s cont rol. However, it is important to b e fair in matters over which a person has control and obvious fairness, as I have mentioned earlier, includes providing f or food and drink, clothes, accommodation and also giving time. It is not correct if only expenses are met but no time is given or accommodation is arranged but household expenses are disregarded and the woman ends up at the mercy of others. It is the hus band’s responsibility to provide for all the obvious needs. A t radition relates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said when a man has two wives and is inclined to one of them and disregards the other, on the Day of Judgement he will be raised with one side of his body cut away or