Dealing with a husband who treats his wife badly.

%0D%0ARespected Sister-in-Islam%0D%0A%0D%0AAssalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuhu%0D%0A%0D%0AYou may apply wisdom and diplomacy and forward the following article to your%0D%0Asister's husband.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0AFATWA DEPT.%0D%0A%0D%0ATO MR. MUSLIM HUSBAND%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is not only with pain, but also anguish, that we are once again, beseeching you, Mr. Muslim husband, to behave. Your repeated misdoings have been found adding to the already long list of Muslims? problems. When you divorce your Muslim wife on less-than-Islamic grounds in a less-than-Islamic manner, you unwittingly provide an effective handle for your baiters, who have always been on the prowl and are ever in search of opportunities to undo you.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is because of your misconduct that today so many girls of marriageable age, not having sufficient dowry, are living a dusk-to-dawn life in their parents? homes.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is again your misbehaviour that is adding to the already long list of divorcees of marriageable age, with your children, in many cases. And they are not finding suitable takers. There are widows of all ages. Ask about their agony either from them or their aging guardians.%0D%0A%0D%0AHas it ever occurred to you that your outrageous acts tarnish the face of Islam? Have you ever thought that your indignant behaviour sends your enemies into peels of laughter? Do you know the "potentialities" of fiddling in a big way with Shariah that your scornful actions produce?%0D%0A%0D%0AMuslim body politic is already full of wounds. Don?t add to them. Your contemptuous behaviour with your wife is one of the hurdles, that is preventing Muslims from showing their positive, constructive side.%0D%0A%0D%0AHow can we convince the sceptics and critics that Islam is not retrograde, regressive and oppressive?%0D%0A%0D%0ARadiance Views Weekly (9-15 JULY 2000)%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A