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Message: <blockquote data-quote="choochoochan" data-source="post: 192988" data-attributes="member: 19916">I have no issue with inheritance. I am not what my parents left for me. In any event, this can be settled through Faraidh. If the heir agrees to part with his inheritance to those who need it more (and rightfully, in the spirit of the Quran, they must), then their share can go towards some other heir. Regarding 4:24, i confess, i was disturbed by this, especially the commandment that men are allowed to "beat" their wives. It totally did not gel with the spirit of the Quran. I couldn't reconcile my beliefs, internal ones with this. I searched the net, and true enough, this one verse is hotly debated. The key word is idribuhanna (think i spelled it wrong). Some interpretations use the root word as a separation, a parting, like this one. "34. Men are guardians of women, because Allah has made one superior to the other, and (also) because men spend their wealth (on them). So the pious wives are obedient. They guard (their chastity) in the absence of their husbands with the protection of Allah. But those women whom you fear will disobey and defy, admonish them; and (if they do not amend) separate them (from yourselves) in beds; and (if they still do not improve) turn away from them, striking a temporary parting. Then if they become cooperative with you, do not seek any way against them. Surely, Allah is Most High, Most Great."I am actually disappointed. No one said a woman is not allowed to divorce her husband! Ok no one asked, but she is allowed to. It's not known as talaaq, but the al-khud, for God listened to the woman who complained. "God has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with thee concerning her husband and carries her complaint (in prayer) to God: and God (always) hears the arguments between both of you: for God hears and sees (all things)."— Qur'an, Sura 58 (Al-Mujadila), ayat 1</blockquote>

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