09-23-2003, 06:06 PM
My brother was not a muslim sister. However, he was married to a muslim girl and these two had two small children. The children are now in the hands of muslims and for that I am grateful to Allah. Not one member of my family has converted to Islam. They may still yet. However, if not, on the day of judgement I will have my brothers two girls inshallah.
Back to the subject of interracial marriages. Let me just toss around a few ideas that have come to my head over the years.
Let us go back to the love between two peoples.
I have studied the Quran about this and when reading the verses that state a man can marry two women if he can be fair to two of them.
Ones first thoughts about this is that a man can do this if he can support two women. However, when I read the verse that a man cannot be fair to two women. I become confused. I realize that men can have enough money to support many women. And many men do. Therefore, being fair to two women cannot possible mean being able to support them. Can it??
So that brings me to the question of "what does it mean when Allah says being fair to women?"
In another verse in the Quran it states Allah created men and women to love and comfort each other. Could "being fair" possibly mean loving and comforting each other.
This also has given rise to another thought. We pray 5x a day and we recite Quran 5x a day. But reciting and understanding are two different things completely. The Quran says to study it. And that is what we should do. So that we are not just reciting without knowledge. We can have some understanding.