The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 515
XI - Treachery of the Banū Quraiẓah and the End of the Jews in Madīnah, Laws of Marriage and Divorce 515 do so and monasticism has been forbidden. 1 2. The purposes of marriage have already been discussed previously, under the discussion relevant to polygamy. Repetition is not required here. 2 3. Islām has stated clearly and explicitly where a relation of marriage is forbidden. In all other relations, a bond of matrimony may be tied. There is no restriction of people or race. In principle, the relations which are forbidden in marriage to a man are as follows: father’s wife, mother, foster-mother, daughter, wife’s daughter, sister, foster-sister, mother’s sister, father’s sister, brother’s daughter, sister’s daughter, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, every lady who is already married, and to be in a bond of matrimony with two sisters at the same time. 3 This last injunction has been further elaborated upon in a Ḥadīth. 4 4. Since marriage is an agreement between man and woman and they are the ones who are responsible for its fulfillment, it is therefore necessary for both parties to be at consent. In other words, this relationship should be established with the agreement of both parties and without their consent, this bond must not be tied. 5 5. Despite the restriction of Pardah , Islām permits, rather, encourages that both man and woman cast a glance upon each other, so that physical appearance does not become a reason for dissatisfaction 1 * An-Nisā’ (4:4) * An-Nūr (24:32-34) * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābut-Targhībi Fin-Nikāḥ, Ḥadīth No. 5063 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābu Qaulin-Nabiyyi sa Manistaṭā‘a Minkumul-Bā’ata. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 5065 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābu Mā Yukrahu Minat-Tabattuli Wal-Khiṣā’i, Ḥadīth No. 5073 2 Refer to the discussion on polygamy under the accounts of 2 A. H. , in this very book. 3 An-Nisā’ (4:24-26) 4 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Chapters 21-28 * Zādul-Ma‘ādi Fī Hadyi Khairil-‘Ibād, By Shamsuddīn Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin Abī Bakr (Ibni Qayyim Al-Jauziyyah), pp. 783-789, Faṣlun: Fī Mā Ḥakamallāhu Subḥānahū Bi-Taḥrīmi Minan- Nisā’i ‘Alā Lisāni Nabiyyihi sa (Entire Chapter), Mu’assisatur-Risālah, Beirut, Lebanon (2006) 5 * An-Nisā’ (4:2 and 4:20-21) * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābu Lā Yunkiḥul-Abu Wa Ghairuhul-Bikra Wath-Thayyiba Illā Bi-Riḍāhā, Ḥadīth No. 5136 * Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābu Isti’dhānith-Thayyibi Fin-Nikāḥi Bin-Nuṭqi Wal-Bikri Bis- Sukūti, Ḥadīth No. 3473