316. Equating one’s wife with mother.

In this verse (58:2,3) of the Quran Allah reprimands people those days, buried in all kinds of superstitions.

Arabs those days, when they started developing a dislike towards their wives, simply told them “ I, treat you like my mother” implying they do not wish to continue further as a husband and wife. Islam strongly condemns this attitude of men.

Though this was declared by these men by swearing in the name of God, Islam commands them to violate the promise made in this way and start living with the wife within four months.

Islam demolishes this kind of superstition and presents a remedy as above.