
Allah (SWT) said:” Marry of the women that please you: two, three, or four. But if you feel that you shall not be able to deal justly, then only one or what your right hand possesses. That would be more suitable to prevent you from doing injustice.” (An-Nisa’: 3)
A Muslim community of excellence is one that continually strives to improve itself. The community would also not be content to allow Islamic teachings to remain superficial, or to be understood and practiced only in its rituals and forms. Instead, Islam must be understood and practiced historically, both in its rituals and in the essence or spirit of those rituals. Both essence and rituals are symbiotic. An emphasis on the essence of Islam is necessary to highlight the comprehensiveness of Islamic teachings, and thus, is critical in our efforts to live as Muslims in the modern age.
A Western thinker said,” It is most possible for you, while you are behind steel bars, to look out upon the horizon and to smell roses. It is also extremely plausible for you to be in a castle replete with opulence and comfort, and yet be angry and discontented with your family and wealth.”