THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

6. The Rights of Husband and Wife ~ 124 ~ psychology, biological realities and social considerations all demand that sexual relationships between men and women should be regularized and placed on a stable basis. And for such organization, there is no better solution, than marriage. The human way is the way of marriage: free mixing is inhuman. 103. Qur’an, 30:21. 104. Qur’an, 4:24. LIFE PARTNER What fundamentally determines the rights and duties of men and women in the roles of husbands and wives is the fact that they are partners for life. This basic principle is derived from the verse of the Qur’an which says that men and women are part of one another.105 In this respect the difference between the tenets of Modern civilization and the rulings of the shari’ah is that, the former hold men and women to be equals, while the latter hold men and women to be lifelong partners.