Dalam bahasa arab poligami lebih dikenal dengan taaddud. Ramlee dealt with many sociopolitical issues in his art. Marriage and divorce in islamic and mormon polygamy. Inilah islam membenarkan poligami yang merupakan amalan masyarakat turun. Taziir 5 keistimewaan sistem uqubat dalam islam 7 bab iv 141 peradaban islam 142 definisi hadhaarah 142. Islam is considered by many observers to be the fastest growing religion in the world, yet it is the most misunderstood of the worlds major faiths. Polygamy to substitute a younger wife is an abuse of gods law 4. Regardless of it not being acceptable for the husband of muhammads daughter, islam allows a man to marry up to four wives at any one time. It is just a permission with certain limitation and conditions. The teachings of islam, including polygamy, conform to human nature. Polygamy was customary before islam and was not abrogated with the coming of islam. Polygyny specifically allows only the male to have more than one wife at the same time, as we find to be the case within the laws of islam. The principle was permitted, but polygamy was limited to four wives. He knew that polygamy hurt women, yet through his example he permitted it for billions of other muslim men.
To order rand documents or to obtain additional information, contact. Polygamy existed in varying degrees in different parts of the world, in diverse cultures before the spread of islam. In islam, limited polygyny is permitted and polyandry is completely prohibited. Perdebatan mengenai poligami tidak dan kontra di dalam masyarakat termasuk di kalangan umat islam. Everything lawyers know about polygamy is wrong digital. Having many wives is one of these legal things which islam encourages 26.
While the orientalists misconceive polygyny as one of the practices in islam which degrade women 2, the muslims misuse its permission to exploit women in polygynous homes 3. A historical background stephanie coontz professor of history and family studies the evergreen state college director of research and public education council on contemporary families the new hbo television show, big love, has led many people to contact the council on contemporary families for background on polygamy. Having more than one wife, is a matter of pride for men. Tapestry against polygamy, composed of former plural wives, are countered by defenders of polygyny such as the women who wrote harmony of polygamy. Mahkamah mahkamah syariah di malaysia islamic law in sharia courts in.
Islam is a very sensible religion that puts focus on maintaining the family as well as the community. Poligami merupakan pernikahan kepada lebih dari satu istri sekaligus. Islamic concept of polygamy, its benefits and impact on. Building moderate muslim networks angel rabasa, cheryl benard. Hukum poligami dalam islam menikah di kua dengan wna. Lampung universitas islam negeri raden intan lampung. Tindak balas yang menonjol di malaysia adalah penubuhan ikhwan polygamy club. Polygamy and islam polygamy and islam 5 one point greatly in need of clarification is the fact that in the matter of marrying more than one woman, the initiative does not lie solely with any individual man. Polygamous with a marriage license lets talk polygamy in islam.
What i would like to do is to address the historical context of the permissibility of polygamy in islam and take a look at how it is practiced in modern day muslim societies. A wife may get upset when a man is polygamous with a marriage license. Their motive seems just to oppose islam, hoping thereby to hamper its progress, by degrading it in the eyes of the world. Yet the practice of polygamy in classical islam and modern reforms throughout the muslim world are similar enough to make a comparison with. Polygamy in islam, monogamy, bigamy, multiple wifes. The verse which allows polygamy was revealed after the battle of uhud in which many muslims were killed, leaving widows and orphans for whom due care was incumbent upon the muslim survivors.
By published on 25 apr 2006 last modified on 21 may 2006 category. African society was, and to a certain extent is, a polygamous society. Abstrak poligami dalam masyarakat islam di malaysia memberi pelbagai reaksi daripada orang awam. It has allowed four wives at a time and has enjoined equality in treatment of all wives. Islamic concept of polygamy, its benefits and impact on society. Polygamy in islam the rationale and laws behind pdf. The practice of polygamy is a mathematical contradiction of the principle that men and women are to be treated equally.
Pdf the fragile status of a muslim wife researchgate. They think i always defend the men but find fault in the women. Plurality of marriage law and marriage registration for muslims in. A remarkable article explains the position of polygamy at all ages, the reasons for legislating it, opinions of some western thinkers,the condition of the nonmuslim societies without polygamy, the dangers of ignoring it and its position in islam. Jamal badawi examines polygamy in the muslim, jewish and christian traditions. Islamic family laws in malaysia in light of the issue of polygamy. Polygamy in islam support group and blog lets talk. It is so when the man had only one wife when he entered the contract, as well. For more crosscultural examples of multiple marriage or stories about the intrigues and violence accompanying historical polygamy, see stephanie coontz, marriage, a history. The quran permitted polygamy as a solution to the pressing social welfare problems. Pendahuluan konsep poligami, adalah permasalahan yang paling esensial dalam hukum islam yang berkembang dalam masyarakat muslim, dihadapan orangorang yang pro dan kontra, ide ini muncul karena dilatarbelakangi oleh kenyataan sosial empiris yang nyaris senantiasa dirasakan kekaburan dalam menangkap esensi konsep poligami tersebut. Undangundang islam di mahkamahmahkamah syariah di malaysia pp. Lisa killinger, an amercian convert to islam, shares her experiences with nonmuslims both before and after september 11th.
Polygamy is a complicated aspect of marriage in islam in which the welfare of the community supersedes the desires of the individual woman. Banyak pria yang menjadikan dalil poligami agar ia bisa menikah lagi dan lagi tanpa mengenal batasan. Building moderate muslim networks rand corporation. Islam and polygamy an introduction to the rights and duties. Apr 15, 2017 polygamy in islam the rationale and laws behind. Orangorang islam daripada berbini dua tiga dan seumpamanya. Rower, supra note 15, at 726 arguing that polygamy is forced on females. It so happened that some european peoples, dictated only by nonpolygamy pagan.
To be honest, islam was the first religion that had the courage to tackle the issue of polygamy and limit the number of wives one can have. Unrestricted polygamy was practiced in most human societies throughout the world in every age. Satusatunya konsep yang komprehensif untuk menggambarkan islam sebagai suatu fungsi adalah konsep syariah, ia sering disebut sebagai hukum islam. It is unwise and generally wrong to take on a second wife without a genuine need. These polygamy verses were revealed shortly after the battle of uhud, which was a devastating loss to the early muslim community with many men dying on the battlefield. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it.
Polygamy and islam polygamy and islam 4 this verse was revealed after the battle of uhud shawwal 3 a. Islam allows polygamy and permits men, under specific circumstances, to have at most four wives at any given time. In fact, polygamy came into existence even before islam. What islam did was to organize polygamy, and restrict it to. What islam did was to organize polygamy, and restrict it to four wives under strict rules of justice. It so happened that some european peoples, dictated only by non polygamy pagan. It existed long before islam came into the scene of world events. Shariah courts, muslim women in malaysia, polygamy, divorce, justice. Pengertian poligami pengertian poligami secara sederhana adalah poligami dari bahasa yunani. Islam regulated polygamy by limiting the number of wives and establishing. Tindak balas yang menonjol di malaysia adalah penubuhan ikhwan polygamy club kelab poligami ikhwan.
In islam, polygyny is not a substitute for monogamy, but merely a permission to practice limited polygyny, which is consistent with islams realistic view of human nature, as well as social needs. Untuk menggambarkan secara singkat hal ini, marilah. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, certain attempts have been made intending to control the abuse of polygamy among the muslims. Instead of divorcing a sick or infertile wife, islam permits a man to marry another woman while taking care of the first if she chooses to stay with him. If you have a young family, it is almost certain that polygamy is an abuse. None of the four gospels is known to have explicitly barred polygamy. Polygamy was the practice of jews, christians, buddhist, and preislamic arabs, perhaps others as well. Pdf challenges of muslims on polygyny in the modern. To amplify the context within which polygyny occupies an islamic relevance, one should look to the current debates surrounding polygyny in islam, and more broadly, polygamy, and the implications that emerged from their contextual transition from the jahiliyya to the islamic era. With the advent of islam, the islamic law condoned polygamy but a man was limited to only four wives, and specific rules regulated these marriages. In the context of wartorn society in seventhcentury arabia, one which left many women widowed and children orphaned, the discussion of polygamy was revealed as part of a directive to treat female orphans justly. W ajiran polygamy and muslim women in contemporary indonesian literature uncritically without regard to modern interpretations of the.
Polygamy was practiced, often without limitations, in almost all cultures. Pdf in malaysia, the law regarding polygamy is shrouded in complexities that. Mahkamahmahkamah syariah di malaysia islamic law in sharia courts in. One of the greatest contrasts between islam and the west is.
The marriage license is a legal and binding contract. Islam discourages such cruelty by permitting polygamy. One must not take polygamy lightly merely to fulfil ones own desires and whims. Oct 21, 2016 what its like to be in a polygamous marriage. The qurans allowance of multiple wives thus poses a challenge for the contemporary apologist, who wants his western audience to believe that islam encourages gender equality. There is always the conditionan inescapable onethat whatever the society, the women should outnumber the men. Nah, berikut ini beberapa syarat poligami dalam islam beserta dalilnya. The pum persatuan ulama malaysia, it appears, is also piqued by a couple of writers and an ngo that have criticized groups, which offer unconditional support for polygamy. Hampir dalam semua sendi kehidupan diatur oleh hukum islam baik dalam lingkungan ibadah maupun. Amidst the drama that followed, there was hardly any conversation about how common polygamy is in the country. Women in unregistered marriages are disadvantaged as they cannot file. Thisbook can be read with profit by all unprejudiced readers who wish to know its justification and rationale.
Polygamy in history islam did not invent the system of polygamy. Pdf polygamy and muslim women in contemporary indonesian. Islamic family law such as divorce and polygamous marriages. This is one of just a couple books in english on the both widespread and controversial culture of polygamy in islam. Some commentators have come to this blog and have asked why polygamy 411 focuses on the wives but on the husbands, not so much. The concept of polygamy and the prophets marriages. Untuk memahami posisi sains atau ilmu dalam islam, kita harus memahaminya secara bahasa. The so called secular and western global domination has maligned the subject to the extent that its impact is felt worldwide.
Apr 09, 2011 we use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. Islam and polygamy introduction in malaysia, ever since the law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 was enforced in 1982, banning polygamy for nonmuslims, polygamy has increasingly come to be associated with islam. Mar 30, 2009 this lecture serves as a tool to help in this great challenge as dr. Reasons why islam permits polygamy the religion of islam. Muslims are often accused of being promiscuous because polygamy is legal in islam. He may not have thought he would become polygamous. Abd alati, hammuda, islam in focus, the canadian islamic center, edmonton alberta, canada, 1963, p. Bahkan tak sedikit priapria yang menikahi wanita hingga 5 sampai 10.
Groups representing british muslims discuss polygamy, a practice that can leave some women without support or marital rights. The time at which these verses were revealed is a clear indication of one of the reasons why polygamy is permissible in islam. In this sensibility, polygamy is permissible as it can benefit women in need, accommodate rising female populations and ensure the womens rights are being upheld. Polygamy is a temporal decision which is related to the very tight prerequisites. First of all you have to know the fact that polygamy in islam is not a right for men. Definition of polygamy polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. As the subtitle suggests it aims at describing the historical background, arguing for instance that early christians were polygamous, and legal practices as used throughout the. The bible says that lamech, the grandson of adam, took unto him two wives. Some misconceptions about islam stem from calculated propaganda against islam, but a good amount of it is attributable to the ignorance of many muslims whose limited knowledge and. One of the commandments given in the qur an as a matter of social organization concerns polygamy, that is permission for a man to marry up to four women. On the issue of abuse arising from polygyny, sharia has laid down conditions. The association of polygamy with islam is a serious misunderstanding. Islam memperbolehkan poligami muslim beristri lebih dari hingga empat orang istri dengan syarat suami harus dapat bersikap adil terhadap istriistrinya. Maksud dan tujuan pemerintahan dalam islam 117 asasasas sistem politik dalam islam 119 sistem sanksi persanksian dalam islam 123 falsafah uqubat dalam islam 123 a.
Introduction like judaism and christianity, islam does not provide an explicit prohibition of polygamy. Amidst the drama that followed, there was hardly any conversation about how common polygamy is. Polygamy in islam is a favourite topic for the critics of islam. Learn about polygamy in islam from a practical view. Polygamy was well known amongst pagan arab tribes prior to the advent of islam but there was no limitation for the number of wives, like in the cases of some of the prophets mentioned above. Polygamy is an alternative to divorce in case of some marital problems. Polygamy as a need in some cases polygamy becomes the dire need for a. Polygamy is most often understood to be a practice that allows any male or female to be married to an unlimited number of spouses at the same time. Nowadays, polygamy is usually viewed as a right that man has but should not take, or as a law that is outmoded and in need of being abolished. Hinduism allows men to have multiple wives, and the father of lord rama had three wives, whereas lord krishna had over a hundred. The state of the worlds children 2007 pdf report from unicef, hosted on somayya jabarti alarming divorce rate must be addressed urgently arab news, october 24, 2003 the maldives is the only country after saudi arabia that claims to have a 100 percent muslim population.
Dalam islam banyak sumber yang berkaitan dengan suatu perjanjian. The book polygamy in islam answers the critics in a beautiful manner. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. Polygamy is the muslim practice most frequently and severely maligned by westerners and modernist muslims. If you fear that you cannot treat orphans with fairness, then you may marry such women. Suddenly, seventy homes in medina were bereft of all male members, and the question arose as to how all these widows and orphans were to be cared for. Polygamy, or comarriage to multiple wives, is discussed in the quran as a response to a specific social situation. Articles current issues women islam is criticized for allowing polygamy, for popular culture in the west views polygamy as relatively backward and impoverished.
Unlike judaism, christianity and perhaps other religions as well, islam deals with the issue. For instance, in malaysia in the 1950s and 60s, the famous entertainer p. Islam has given permission for increasing many legal things like, property, business, means of travelling, dress etc. Based on his contextual analysis alqiraah alsiyaqiyyah to polygamy verses, abu zayd concludes that polygamy is not the final purpose islamic teaching shariah alislamiyah. A case study in indonesia article pdf available in ssrn electronic journal 210. However, polygamy is completely permissible in islam provided its conditions are met and not something that is absurd, illogical or blameworthy. First, let us understand why islam mandated the permissibility of up to four wives. Polygyny in islam has surfaced in music around the world and across the decades. It should be remembered that polygamy is not a compulsory thing nor is it advocated.