Women’s Rights in Islam 

Marriage

 

• Some women do not meet their husbands prior to marriage, but encounter him only on their wedding day

• Some young women, aged 14-16 are forced into marriage by their parents without knowing their partner

• In marriage, woman have the right to be supported financially, to be treated equally with other wives, if their husbands have more than one

• In Islam, a woman can have only one husband, while the man can have up to four wives, but no more than four at the same time

This was stipulated by Koran: “Marry those women who you like – two, three or four – and if you fear of being unjust to them, then marry only one or whatever is in your just hands”

• A woman may find a second wife for her husband to help him avoid adultery and if she cannot have a sexual relationship with him due to her age; she must propose a second wife