War situation for example. More men die than women. Fact. So what happens to the women? Go out get a job? But after a war there is basically no economy... so what do u do to provide? Prostitution? This is why he prescribed it as permissable pending u do equal just to all wives and equal share, and u provide food and shelter.
Sorry for your loss.
“Sufism cherishes the esoteric secret of woman, even though Sufism is the esoteric aspect of a seemingly patriarchal religion. Muslims pray five times a day facing the city of Makkah. Inside every Mosque is a niche, or recess, called the Mihrab - a vertical rectangle curved at the top that points toward the direction of Makkah. The Sufis know the Mihrab to be a visual symbol of an abstract concept: the transcendent vagina of the female aspect of divinity. In Sufism, woman is the ultimate secret, for woman is the soul. Toshihiko Izutsu writes, “The wife of Adam was feminine, but the first soul from which Adam was born was also feminine.”[16]
I can provide you the specific Sahih Al Bukhary and surah’s in private if you like. Don’t think mods would allow for it on here.
“Sufism cherishes the esoteric secret of woman, even though Sufism is the esoteric aspect of a seemingly patriarchal religion. Muslims pray five times a day facing the city of Makkah. Inside every Mosque is a niche, or recess, called the Mihrab - a vertical rectangle curved at the top that points toward the direction of Makkah. The Sufis know the Mihrab to be a visual symbol of an abstract concept: the transcendent vagina of the female aspect of divinity. In Sufism, woman is the ultimate secret, for woman is the soul. Toshihiko Izutsu writes, “The wife of Adam was feminine, but the first soul from which Adam was born was also feminine.”[16]
The Divine Feminine has always been present in Islam. This may be surprising to many people who see Islam as a patriarchal religion. Maybe the reason for this misconception is the very nature of the feminine in Islam. The Divine Feminine in Islam manifests metaphysically and in the inner expression of the religion. The Divine Feminine is not so much a secret within Islam as She is the compassionate Heart of Islam that enables us to know Divinity. Her centrality demonstrates her necessary and life-giving role in Islam.
Sufism, or as some would define it "mystical Islam" has always honored the Divine Feminine. Of course, Allah has both masculine and feminine qualities, but to the Sufi, Allah has always been the Beloved and the Sufi has always been the Lover. The Qur'an, referring to the final Day, perhaps divulges a portion of this teaching: “And there is manifest to them of God what they had not expected to see.”[17”
The Centrality of the Divine Feminine in Sufism Laurence Galian
Uncover the sacred feminine in Islamic mysticism, from Fatima and the Black Stone to the esoteric teachings of Sufi saints.www.adishakti.org
Sorry to hear that mate.
That's a shame as I tend to find religions that describe their deity as being masculine tend to have a serious problem with misogyny. If but for a quirk of fate (i.e. the word describing god was in the feminine) it could've all been so different.
This is almost like a mysogyny 101.
Thank you for that answer.“Sufism cherishes the esoteric secret of woman, even though Sufism is the esoteric aspect of a seemingly patriarchal religion. Muslims pray five times a day facing the city of Makkah. Inside every Mosque is a niche, or recess, called the Mihrab - a vertical rectangle curved at the top that points toward the direction of Makkah. The Sufis know the Mihrab to be a visual symbol of an abstract concept: the transcendent vagina of the female aspect of divinity. In Sufism, woman is the ultimate secret, for woman is the soul. Toshihiko Izutsu writes, “The wife of Adam was feminine, but the first soul from which Adam was born was also feminine.”[16]
The Divine Feminine has always been present in Islam. This may be surprising to many people who see Islam as a patriarchal religion. Maybe the reason for this misconception is the very nature of the feminine in Islam. The Divine Feminine in Islam manifests metaphysically and in the inner expression of the religion. The Divine Feminine is not so much a secret within Islam as She is the compassionate Heart of Islam that enables us to know Divinity. Her centrality demonstrates her necessary and life-giving role in Islam.
Sufism, or as some would define it "mystical Islam" has always honored the Divine Feminine. Of course, Allah has both masculine and feminine qualities, but to the Sufi, Allah has always been the Beloved and the Sufi has always been the Lover. The Qur'an, referring to the final Day, perhaps divulges a portion of this teaching: “And there is manifest to them of God what they had not expected to see.”[17”
The Centrality of the Divine Feminine in Sufism Laurence Galian
Uncover the sacred feminine in Islamic mysticism, from Fatima and the Black Stone to the esoteric teachings of Sufi saints.www.adishakti.org
Aye, as i referenced in my comment (wasn't the case with men as such), men are asked to be chaste etc, but bloody hell, it doesn't half go on about women significantly more than men in the book. My earlier point though, that men are spoken to in the book, women are spoken about, that really did ring through. I'm glad I read it though. It was a close friend, who is islamic, who gave it to me and that meant a lot to me. It was a brilliant bookswap. He bought me the Qur'an, i gave him a copy of Spinoza's ethics.
You’re welcome. And I’m not saying the message is right or wrong, more that sort of thing is there,just often obscured… by the ‘religious.’ And i can’t really comment on the Koran as have only read a commentary on it by a Sufi. Enjoy the Sufi poems of Rumi and Hafez though. Have a beauty and warmth and loving wit.