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CO-WIVES SHOULD LIVE LIKE MUSLIM SISTERS TO THEIR HUSBAND NOT AS RIVALS 

DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yaumul ahad, 25th day of Jumaadal Uula 1447AH, Sunday, 16th November, 2025. 

 BismilLah. 


Undoubtedly, marrying more than one wife is a blessings and it's sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam so let's embrace it with fear of ALLAH Azzawajal. ALLAH Azzawajal doesn't permit anything bad so to see polygamy as bad or disliked is like saying to ALLAH, you permitted the wrong thing which no one will dare to say so let's strive for it only if we can fulfil it's obligations. Go for it without any fear if you've got good intentions. If you can't afford then maintain the one sincerely seeking ALLAH'S blessings but if you can manage two very well financially and fairly with fear of ALLAH Azzawajal then go for it brother.  


The bond that governed the relationships between the wives of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was the bond of spiritual sisterhood and love for the sake of ALLAH Azzawajal. This is the basic principle that should unite all the believers in general. To that may be added their closeness to the light of Prophethood, as they all lived in the place where the revelation and the message of ALLAH came down. Therefore piety and fear of ALLAH Azzawajal was what protected them from slipping into error and enabled them to think maturely at times of turmoil, when faced with difficult tests. 


The Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) called co-wives sisters. Narrated in Saheeh Muslim (1408) narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) said: “A woman should not ask for her sister to be divorced so as to deprive her of what is rightfully hers and so that she may be married in her stead; rather she will have what ALLAH has decreed for her.”. 


So how about sisters who were the wives of the Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him)? Piety and fear of ALLAH formed the solid foundation that overcame the natural inclinations and jealousy of women and their competition for one husband. The Shaytaan had no hopes of causing any troubles in the household of the Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) and they were far above such a thing, for they were pure and purified with very tiny natural form of jealousy to each other which doesn't cause any ill feelings to each of them. 


Our mother ‘Aa’ishah (may ALLAH be pleased with her) said in the hadith of al-ifk (the slander): The Messenger of ALLAH (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) asked Zaynab bint Jahsh about me: “O Zaynab, what do you know, and what have you seen?” She said: O Messenger of ALLAH, I would not claim to have heard or seen something that I did not, and by ALLAH, I do not know anything but good. Our mum ‘Aa’ishah may ALLAH be please her said: She was the one among the wives of the Messenger of ALLAH (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) who used to compete with me, but ALLAH protected her by means of her piety Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2661) and Muslim (2770). No brother or sister is faultless as such if you want her to be like our Beloved Aaishah then be like our beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. May ALLAH Azzawajal aid our sisters to see each other as sisters of the deen and protect all our marriages from any satanic influences. Aameen.

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