The Concept and Practice of Wahare among Contemporary Muslims in Nigeria: are there Correlations with Qur'an 4:20?
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2020
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Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization
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Islam allows restricted polygyny with four wives simultaneously hitherto the common unrestricted practices among the Arab before the appointment of the Messenger of Allah in their midst. Having unlimited number of wives is not peculiar to the Arab alone, many nations, including Africa, are known with the same practice. However, on the contact with Islam, every Muslim is required not exceeding four wives simultaneously. Non Muslim husband of more than four wives would be legally required to reduce number of his wives to four upon his conversion into Islam. However, in Africa, Nigeria in particular, some Muslims exceed the stipulated number and seek justification from the verse 20th of Suratu’n- Nisā and tagged the practice as wahare and “‘Istibdāl”. Other advocates of the practice twist the interpretation of the verse (Q4:3) on permissibility of polygyny in support of the practice. Based on this background, this paper aims to find out if there are correlations between the practice of wahare and “‘Istibdāl” and the verse in question. Interview, observation and review of literature are implored in this study. It is identified that the two different approaches to the practice of wahare/’Istibdāl are not on the same page with the verse 20th of Suratu’n- Nisā.
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22. Bello, K. I. (2020): The Concept and Practice of Wahare among Contemporary Muslims in Nigeria: are there Correlations with Qur'an 4:20? Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization. 10 (2): 55-70,