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Marriages in pre-Islamic Jahiliyah - الزواج في الجاهلية There were all sorts of weird marriages in pre-Islamic jahiliyah of Arabia. For example, some men allowed their wives to have intercourse with men of nobler lineages, so their seed carries on. ...

A widow had a beautiful daughter, who was ready for marriage. Her mother demanded a dowry of 50,000. Many men proposed to her with less, but she declined them all. One man said to the widow: “My son will marry your daughter for 10,000 and I will mar...

A guy started playing with a kid outside. The kid said to him: "Don't tire yourself too much, my sister is already engaged to someone." په کوڅه کی می د یوه واړه ماشوم سره لوبی شروع کړی راته یی وویل ځان دی ډیر مه ستړ...

A romantic woman woke her husband up in the middle of the night, saying: "Did you sleep out of love for this night? Or did you sleep this night while in love [with me]? Or am I and the night both sleeplessly in love!" Her husband replied: "Are you l...

The Islamic ruling on polygyny 'التعدد' We often joke about polygyny - but if this is not done correctly, the consequences will be no joke. Polygyny is allowed in principle by the Qur'an and if a person were to believe that this is unjust or oppres...

This is how you score your own goal … A woman heard that her husband wanted to marry 4 wives. So, she tried to get this idea out of his head. She painted 4 eggs in different colours, boiled them and asked her husband to eat them. She asked: "Did you...

Al-Zamakhshari - الزمخشري -, the linguist, was asked: "Why can men have more than one wife, but women cannot have more than one husband?" He responded, using an Arabic grammar rule: يجوز تعدد المفعول به في اللغة العربية ، ولا يجوز تعدد الفاعل ...

Another man also had a bad experience with marriage: قيل لرجل: مات عدوُّك! قال: وددتُ لو أنّكم قلتم: تزوّج! It was said to him: "Your enemy died!" The man said: "I wish you had said: your enemy got married." And the wise elders say about marriage: ...

A man had some bad experiences with marriage. He was asked for his opinion about marriage, so, he explained: فرح شهر، وغم دهر، ووزن مهر، وكسر ظهر “Joy for a SHAHR (month), grief for a DAHR (eternity), burde...

We already spoke about the extreme type of ‘protective jealousy’ ‘الغيرة’ that Arabs had for their women, even in pre-Islamic times of Jahiliyah. Here’s another example: A man saw his wife brushing her teeth with a Siwaak-twig from the Araak-tree, ...