Certain divorce lawyers who do not heed God and do not...

Certain divorce lawyers who do not heed God and do not experience any barrier from government or society can exploit the will of one of the partners to separate. He then fills his coffers at the expense of religion, conscience and morals. If he were to heed God however he would make haste to resolve matters between them, as in the Qur'anic verse: 'Conciliation is best'86.

Polygamy - A Spurious Crisis The law of the universe runs according to the perfect balance of pairs, as in the Qur'anic verse: 'We have created of everything in pairs so that perhaps you may take heed'.87 However, this does not necessarily mean equality in terms of numbers but rather compatibility in terms of type, whereby each pair is ensured of fulfilling its natural role in life.

For example in the world of ants and bees, the queen capable of procreation is one only, whereas the males which compete with each other for the prize of fertilising her are many. This is true of most of the animal kingdom. Human beings by virtue of being alive like the remainder of living things in this existence are no exception to this rule.

Granted, they have their own particularities but so does every other living thing, and just as the divine will has ensured for human beings perfect compatibility in terms of type, as with the rest of existents, it has also defined and shaped humanity in a way particular to itself whereby fulfilment, concord and continuance are ensured, each having its own proof and wisdom.

Among the teachings of Imam Sadiq to Al-Maffadal Ibn 'Amr are his words: ‘Humanity was not created masculine and feminine except in order to be able to reproduce . . .Had an organism given birth to males only or females only then reproduction would cease and the species would become extinct.

Therefore some of the offspring came as males and others as females so that reproduction would continue and not be cut off'.88 Imam Al-Rida, speaking about the prohibition of adultery and of violating the law of nature which was created by God to harmonise with the human species and his needs, said: 'God has prohibited adultery because of the corruption it can cause, from murder to loss of lineage and neglect to the children's upbringing and corruption of inheritances and other forms of corruption'.89 It is possible to posit no more than the following four different marital systems between the two sexes: Complete sexual freedom.

Polyandry. Monogamy. Polygamy.