Motif
abolition of coercive widow-claiming custom
abolition_of_coercive_widow_claiming_custom
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD; lines 12378-12469 confidence: high
“O true believers, it is not lawful for you to be heirs of women against their will... but converse kindly with them.”
The explanatory note states that a custom of claiming a widow by throwing a garment over her is abolished by the passage’s instruction against inheriting women against their will.
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