Islam: Human relationships
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- Created on: 23-04-16 18:04
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- Islamic views: Love and relationships
- Sexual intercourse is seen as an act of worship that fufills emotional and physical needs as well as being procreative.
- Procreation is a way which humans can contribute towards Allah's creation
- Sexual intercurse is a gift from Allah and therefroe can only take place within a marriage.
- Islam encourages people to marry and not lead a celibate life.
- Marriage places a responsibility on the husband and the wife to meet each other's sexual needs.
- Islam encourages people to marry and not lead a celibate life.
- Homosexual relationships.
- Forbidden due to the strict rules of intercourse only taking place between a husband and a wife.
- Some muslim lawyers have argued that it is a crime which should be punishable by death.
- Forbidden due to the strict rules of intercourse only taking place between a husband and a wife.
- Adultury
- Men are not allowed to be alone with women other than their wives in case they are tempted by them.
- "Let no man be in privacy with a woman he is not married to, or satan will be the third"
- Islam recognises that men and women can be tempted to have sex outside of marriage but this s adultery.
- "Nor come nigh to adultery for it is shameful and an evil, opening the road."
- The punishment for adultery:
- "The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication - flog each of them with a hundred stripes.
- Men are not allowed to be alone with women other than their wives in case they are tempted by them.
- Marriage
- Often arranged but can only take place with consent of both parties.
- Forced marriage would be invalid.
- Courting is not permitted the two that are going to marry are only allowed to e in each others company with family present.
- Muslim men can have up to 4 wives but each wife must be treated equally and the other wives must agree.
- A muslim man may marry a woman of a different religion but a muslim woman must marry a muslim man.
- Often arranged but can only take place with consent of both parties.
- Divorce
- It is allowed as a last resort.
- A man cannot seek a divorce until it is certain she is not pregnant.
- During a period of 3 months reconciliation should be attempted.
- You can re marry twice but after a 3rd divorce remarriage to each other cannot take place unless the woman has been married to another.
- Sexual intercourse is seen as an act of worship that fufills emotional and physical needs as well as being procreative.
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