Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics

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even their Lives.They onlyneed to be aware of the potentialdanger?
And be able to think clearly in order to overcome their problems.


Amanshouldgive uphisfanaticismandextremejealousy. Hemust
actlogically.Hemustbeawarethatconvictinghiswifeofadulteryisnot
atrivialmatter, andthatsuchanallegation needsdefinite proof.Allah
statesinthe HolyQur'an:"0youwhobelieve!avoidmostofsuspicion,
for surely suspicion in some cases it a sin... (49:12)."


"TheProphet (SA)ofAllahstated:'Whoever,falsely.accuseshiswife
ofcommittingadulterywouldloseallthebenefitsfromhisgooddeeds
justasasnakeshedsitsskin.Andforeachhaironhisbody, onethou-
sand sins would be written down in his record (for the Day of
Judgement)'."


Aslongasawoman’sunfaithfulnessIsnotprovedthroughfirmevid-
enceamandoesnothaveanyrighttoaccuseher,otherwisehewouldbe
committingasinforwhichasperIslam,heistohepunishedwitheighty
lashes.


Evidencebased onpurely Imaginative groundsare not indicative of
anything.Oldletters,pictures,etcdonotproveanything.Keepingsuch
thingsisnotright,butthisisamistakethatmostyoungpeoplecommit
andirisnot athingto beseriouslyconcernedwith.IfawomanIsseen
conversing with a stranger,although she is not right in doing so, this
isolatedeventcannotbeheldagainstherasaproofofherunfaithfulness.
Thisisbecauseshemighthavethought itrude nottopay heedtothat
man,orhemighthavenotbeenastrangerbutafriendofherfatheror
brother.


Ifawomanmakesacomplimenttoaman,althoughsheshouldnot,it
may beout ofsimplicity andthereforecannot be indicativeof her un-
faithfulness.Ifawomantellsalieabout arelationship,orhidesherlet-
ters,itmaybethatthereisagoodreasonforitorshemayfearherhus-
band’s groundless accusations.


Ifawomanhasgrowncoldtowardsherhusband.itmaybethatsheis
upsetwithhim,thatshemaybeill,ormayhaveotherproblems.Inbrief
for all situations which may indicate symptoms of unfaithfulness, one

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