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opposed to the practice of the period of jahiliyyah,
Islam forbade taking two sisters as co-wives at the same
time, because the feeling of love and sisterliness which
Islam wants to maintain between sisters would be
destroyed if one sister became the co-wife of the same
husband. While the Qur'an mentioned the two sisters, the
Prophet (peace be on him) added, "A man may not be
married to a woman and her paternal aunt (at the same
time), nor to a woman and her maternal aunt".
(Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
and he said, "If you do this, you will sever your
ties of kinship." (Reported by Ibn Hibban.)
And how could Islam permit the breaking of such
kinship ties when it places so much importance on them? |
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