By Murtaza Ali Rizvi
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An article titled ‘Married to the Quran’ in a past Pakistani weekly newspaper, it was said: “According
to Khabrain, a large number of feudal in Sindh had married their
daughters to the Quran. The ceremony took place after the girl of the
family was asked to take a bath, after which a Quran was put before her
as the men folk apologized to her for the ritual which would condemn the
girl to get married but to read the Quran every day. In Sindh, MPA
Shabbir Shah’s sister, ex-minister Murad Shah’s sister and two
daughters, three daughters of Mir Awwal Shah of Matiari, daughters and
sisters of Sardar Dadan and Nur Khan of the Lund tribe, nieces of Sardar
Ghulam of Mahar tribe, and the daughters of the Pir of Bharchundi
Sharif, were all married to the Quran to prevent their share of the land
going to them and thus avoid redistribution of land.”
This
is obviously an abusive and unIslamic practice. This has nothing to do
with religion and is all about power, control and greed. Women are not
valued enough to consider how their entire lives, dreams and hopes are
ruined by a ‘tradition’ that is inhumane and beyond any rational
explanation. Under the guise of devoting their lives to the Quran, these
women’s lives are obliterated and wiped out. By trying to legitimize
this barbaric behaviour the Quran and Islam are being abused.
It definitely does not become an acceptable practice by giving it a
religious twist. This is no different than the Jâhilîyah practices of burying the girl alive, that Islam fought against from day one.
Obviously
this is not a recent practice and has been going on for a very long
time. Surprisingly, the men recognize that it is not right hence they
apologize to the woman before ruining her life. Mothers and other women
of the family who allow this to continue are accomplices to this crime
as well. To imagine that a father, brother, mother or sister allows this
to carry on is beyond comprehension. Obviously the society in which
this practice continues is silent and equally to be blamed.
Islam
does NOT encourage detaching entirely from the world so how can this
practice be claimed permissible? The names listed above are not those of
uneducated people, but men who hold high positions of authority. It is
ridiculously unjust how the lives of these women are ruined.
Islam
does NOT give men limitless power to abuse women when they are given
the status of ‘Head of the Household’. As ‘Head of the Household’, it
does not allow them to legitimize their abuses. It angers me how women
buy into such stupidity and allow it to continue.
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