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tightfisted or spend excessively for his wife, but he should be moderate. The
most important thing to be observed in expenditure is that he feeds her from
lawful sources and he should not make money unlawfully for her sake, as this will
be a great sin against her rather than care of her.
The Seventh: The husband should be knowledgeable about the menses and its
rules and circumstances, and he should teach his wife the regulations regarding
prayer and what she should do during the menstrual period and after it.
The Eighth: If he has more than one wife, he should deal equitably between
them, and he should not favor one over another, and if he has to travel and
wishes one of them to accompany him, he should casts lots to choose between
them, thus did the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,. So if one wife wins
the lot and so takes the turn of another wife, whose turn it was, then the other
wife must have her turn replaced upon their return from the journey, and this is
an obligation upon the husband. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
said: “Whoever has two wives, then he favors one over the other, on the Day of
Judgment he will be brought out with one half of his body sideways.” He should
be fair in what he gives them and in spending the nights with them. As for love,
most important thing to be observed in expenditure is that he feeds her from
lawful sources and he should not make money unlawfully for her sake, as this will
be a great sin against her rather than care of her.
The Seventh: The husband should be knowledgeable about the menses and its
rules and circumstances, and he should teach his wife the regulations regarding
prayer and what she should do during the menstrual period and after it.
The Eighth: If he has more than one wife, he should deal equitably between
them, and he should not favor one over another, and if he has to travel and
wishes one of them to accompany him, he should casts lots to choose between
them, thus did the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,. So if one wife wins
the lot and so takes the turn of another wife, whose turn it was, then the other
wife must have her turn replaced upon their return from the journey, and this is
an obligation upon the husband. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
said: “Whoever has two wives, then he favors one over the other, on the Day of
Judgment he will be brought out with one half of his body sideways.” He should
be fair in what he gives them and in spending the nights with them. As for love,