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happen to her and her children, if the dear husband becomes
attracted to or by one of those "surplus" women over a social
cocktail or a dancing party? What will become of her if he
deserts his family or neglects his responsibilities to make
time and provision for the new attraction? How would she
feel if she comes to know that the only man in her life is
having some affairs with other women and maintaining an-
other person in secret or frequenting another spare sweet-
heart? Such a man is not only a loss but also a menace. He is
mean and wicked. Granted! But is this curse going to help
anyone involved? It is the woman - the legal wife as well as
the illegal companion - who suffers from a state of affairs of
this kind. But is it not better for both women involved to
equally share the man's care and support, and have equal ac-
cess to his companionship and be both equally protected by
the law? Such a man is no longer, in reality, a husband of
one wife. He is a mean hypocrite, but the harm is done, and
the soul is injured. It is to protect all parties concerned, to
combat unchastity, to prevent such harm and save souls from
injuries that Islam benevolently interferes and allows the
married man to remarry if there is good reason or justifica-
tion.
2. In some instances of marriage the wife may not be capable
of having any children for some reason or other. To
have a family life in the full sense of the word and contribute
to the preservation of the human kind, the presence of chil-