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Al-Ghazzali - The Alchemy of Happiness - 25 Marriage and equality
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Al-Ghazzali - The Alchemy of Happiness - 25 Marriage and equality
The Prophet said:
“He who deserts his wife and children is like a runaway slave; till he returns to them none of his fasts or prayers will be accepted by God.”
In brief, man has a lower nature, and, till he can control his own lower nature, he had better not assume the responsibility of controlling another’s.
Some one asked the saint Bishr Hafi why he did not marry. “I am afraid,” he replied, “of that verse in the Koran,
‘The rights of women over men are precisely the same as the rights of men over women.’”