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inal parents? Many complications are involved. The institu-
tion is no doubt unhealthy and may cause much harm to the
child, to the parents, artificial and real, to other relations of
the adopting family, and to society at large. Adoption is one
of the major reasons that encourage many people to indulge
in irresponsible activities and intimacies. It is being com-
mercialized nowadays. There are sorne people who put up
their children for "sale" or trade as the news media show;
That is not in the African or Asian jungles; it is right here in
Canada and America. Because of all that, Islam does not ac-
cept the institution or tolerate its practice among Muslims
(See Qur'an, 33:4-6).
With these three alternatives discarded for the reasons
mentioned. Islam offers its own solution. It permits a man in
such a situation to remarry, to satisfy his natural needs and at
the same time maintain his childless wife, vvho probably
needs him now more than at any other time. This is, again, a
permission, a course that a desperate man may take, instead
of adoption or divorce or unnatural suppression of his aspi-
rations. It is another instance where remarriage is the best
feasible choice, another way out of a difficult situation to
help people to live a normal secure life in every aspect.
3. There are cases and times where the wife is incapable
of fulfilling her marital obligations. She may fail to be as
pleasant a companion as she should be or even as she would
like to be. She may be in a state where she cannot give the