Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 250
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 250 between men and women and has instead given preference to men. The Promised Messiah as continued: Their prejudice and opposition to truth has made them blind. Do they not feel shame saying this? They should first look at their own selves and then decide with fairness. It is worth pon- dering that even if an Arya has forty daughters, he will need shamefacedly to send his wife to sleep with someone else, per his religion, so that he could get a son for his own deliverance; for, according to the teachings of Vedas there is no salvation for the one who has no son. Now, let them be fair about the thing called parity. Forty or fifty or even an innumerable number of daughters cannot equal one son. The daughters—no matter how many they are—still cannot save their mother from this reprehensible and unnatural vile act. Until she begets a son, she will have to submit herself to Niyog. Now tell me, have they maintained parity between men and women? Islam is a very pure religion and is totally compatible with human nature. It contains comprehensive and prudent guid- ance within it. Just as it mandates the need for a wali [guard- ian] for the nikah [Islamic marriage] of a woman, it has also stipulated the necessity for a wali for the purpose of divorce. Just as a woman is in need of her guardian for her marriage, she is similarly in need of a guardian for her divorce. If a woman cannot live and get along with her husband, she is permitted to seek a khula [divorce initiated by the wife] through a mag- istrate or the ruler of the time. The same magistrate or ruler of the time would be her guardian for divorce. There should be no other restriction or obstacle for her.