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 <mark>men</mark>tioned in a Hadith: خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِاهْلِهِ 'The best among you is he who is best towards <mark>his</mark> <mark>wife</mark>. '. Therefore, be good to your wives both spiritually and physically. Keep praying for them and avoid divorce. A person who is h<mark>as</mark>ty in divorce is sinful in the eyes of. God. Do not h<mark>as</mark>ten to break like a dirty vessel that which. God h<mark>as</mark> brought together. [Tohfah-e-Golarhviyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 17, p. 75]. A <mark>Man</mark>'s Right to Divorce. One of our readers h<mark>as</mark> raised the objection <mark>as</mark> to why the. Holy Qur'an h<mark>as</mark> left the matter of divorce to the ple<mark>as</mark>ure of the husband. What he seems to be saying is that <mark>men</mark> and wo<mark>men</mark> being equal, it is unfair to leave divorce solely in the hands of the husband. The answer is that <mark>men</mark> and wo<mark>men</mark> are not equal. Universal experience h<mark>as</mark> shown that <mark>man</mark> is superior to wo<mark>man</mark> in physical and <mark>men</mark>tal powers. There are exceptions, but exceptions don't make the rule. Justice de<mark>man</mark>ds that if <mark>man</mark> and <mark>wife</mark> want to separate, the right to decide should lie with the husband. But what surprises me is that t<mark>his</mark> objection should have been raised by an Āryā, according to whose beliefs the status of <mark>man</mark> is far above that of a wo<mark>man</mark>, and even salvation is not possible unless one begets a male issue. . . . Everyone knows that if an Āryā h<mark>as</mark> forty or 223 Ibid.