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Qur’anic decree, And
for the man a portion equal of
that of two women
is pure
justice, so too is it pure
compassion. Yes, it is justice,
for the overwhelming majority of
men take a wife and undertake to
provide for her. As for women,
they take a husband and load
their livelihood on him, and this
makes up for the deficiency in
what they have inherited. It is
also mercy, for a weak girl is
greatly 1n need of kindness from
her father and brothers. The
Qur'an decrees that she receives
kindness from her father without
worry. Her father does not
consider her anxiously, thinking
of her as “a harmful child due
to whom half of his wealth will
pass to the hands of a
stranger.” Anxiety and anger
are not mixed with his kindness.
She also receives her brother’s
kindness and protection free of
rivalry and jealousy. He does not
consider her “as a rival who
will destroy half the family and
give an important part of our
property to someone else."
They will be no hatred and
hostility mixed with his feeling
of compassion and protection
towards her. Thus, the girl, who
is delicate and weak by nature,
is apparently deprived of a small
part, but in place of it she
gains inexhaustible wealth in the
form of the compassion and
kindness of those close to her.
And to give her more than her due
with the idea of being more
merciful to her than Divine
Mercy, is not kindness, but a
great wrong. Indeed, the savage
greed of the present time, which
recalls the appalling tyranny of
burying girl children alive in
the Age of Ignorance due to
savage jealousy, may possibly
open the way to merciless
wickedness. Like this one, all
Qur'anic rulings confirm the
decree,
And we did
not send you but as Mercy to all
the worlds.
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