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مجلة أبحاث ودراسات التنمية - Revue Recherches et Etudes en Développement -, Dec 17, 2020
Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the common unrestricted ... more Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the common unrestricted practices among the Arabs before the appointment of the Messenger of Allah in their midst. Having an unlimited number of wives was not peculiar to the Arab culture alone, many nations in Africa are known to uphold the same practice. However, on the contact with Islam, every Muslim is required not to have more than four wives, simultaneously. The non-Muslim husband of more than four wives would be legally required to reduce the number of his wives to four upon his conversion to Islam. However, in Africa and in Nigeria in particular, some Muslims exceed the stipulated number and seek justification from the verse 20th of Suratu’n- Nisā and tag the practice as wahare and ‘Istibdāl. Other advocates of the practice twist the interpretation of the particular verse (Q4:3) regarding the permissibility of polygyny in support of the said practice. In view of this background, this paper aims to find...
AL-ITQAN JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES, 2020
Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the unrestricte... more Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the unrestricted practices among the Arab before the emergence of the new faith. Having unlimited number of wives is not peculiar to the Arab alone; the practice is common in many African countries. However, on the contact with Islam, every Muslim is required not exceeding four wives simultaneously. Non-Muslim husband of more than four wives would be legally compelled to reduce the number to four upon his conversion into Islam. However, in Nigeria, some Muslims exceed the stipulated number and seek justification from Qur‟ān 4:20 and tagged the practice as Istibdāl or Wahare. Hence, this paper aims to find out if there are correlations between the „Istibdāland the verse in question. With the use of Interview, observation and literature review, the study identifies that the two different approaches to the ‟Istibdālare not on the same page with Qur‟ān 4:20.
مجلة أبحاث ودراسات التنمية - Revue Recherches et Etudes en Développement -, Dec 17, 2020
Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the common unrestricted ... more Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the common unrestricted practices among the Arabs before the appointment of the Messenger of Allah in their midst. Having an unlimited number of wives was not peculiar to the Arab culture alone, many nations in Africa are known to uphold the same practice. However, on the contact with Islam, every Muslim is required not to have more than four wives, simultaneously. The non-Muslim husband of more than four wives would be legally required to reduce the number of his wives to four upon his conversion to Islam. However, in Africa and in Nigeria in particular, some Muslims exceed the stipulated number and seek justification from the verse 20th of Suratu’n- Nisā and tag the practice as wahare and ‘Istibdāl. Other advocates of the practice twist the interpretation of the particular verse (Q4:3) regarding the permissibility of polygyny in support of the said practice. In view of this background, this paper aims to find...
AL-ITQAN JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES, 2020
Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the unrestricte... more Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the unrestricted practices among the Arab before the emergence of the new faith. Having unlimited number of wives is not peculiar to the Arab alone; the practice is common in many African countries. However, on the contact with Islam, every Muslim is required not exceeding four wives simultaneously. Non-Muslim husband of more than four wives would be legally compelled to reduce the number to four upon his conversion into Islam. However, in Nigeria, some Muslims exceed the stipulated number and seek justification from Qur‟ān 4:20 and tagged the practice as Istibdāl or Wahare. Hence, this paper aims to find out if there are correlations between the „Istibdāland the verse in question. With the use of Interview, observation and literature review, the study identifies that the two different approaches to the ‟Istibdālare not on the same page with Qur‟ān 4:20.