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In Bible Versus Quran: What If A Man Refuses To Marry His Sister In Law

The Law of the Levirate Marriage in Bible versus Quran

 

In the Bible, the Lord God urges the Levirate Marriage that is the marriage by a man with his brother's widow if the dead brother was childless. 

The Law of the Levirate Marriage is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

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The Law of the Levirate Marriage in the Bible

 

In the Bible, Deuteronomy 25:5-10, if you were a brother, your brother died without producing an offspring; the Biblical law in such case is that the widow, your sister in law should be your wife. However,

1. What if she does not seem good to you?
2. What if you do not like her?
3. What if she is malicious?
4. What if you do not have the money to support her?
5. What if you are already happily married?
6. How come that your son does not carry your name?

 

Then, if you persist in saying; I do not want to marry her; in this case, you got spit in the face and called the family of the Unsandaled!

The term, "The family of the Unsandaled" is a shameful term.

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The Law of Levirate Marriage in the Quran

 

The Law of the Levirate Marriage is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

In addition, Verse 33: 5 says: Name them to their true fathers. That is more equitable, that is more just, better, more correct and fairer in the sight of Allah in relation to lineage. The son should carry his true father's name.

 

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The Bible, Deuteronomy 25:5-10 (King James Version)

 

5) If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

6) And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

7) And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

9) Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

10) And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

 

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The Quran, verse 33:5,

 

Verse 33: 5

QARIB: name them after their fathers; that is more just with Allah…

SHAKIR: assert their relationship to their fathers; this is more equitable with Allah…

PICKTHAL: proclaim their real parentage. That will be more equitable in the sight of Allah…

YUSUFALI: call them by (the names of) their fathers: that is juster in the sight of Allah…

 

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

About the Author

Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head (ex-) of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit, Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors, Honorary President of SPIC-Egypt (The Society of Practitioners of Infection Control – Egypt), Co-Chief Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Lab. Medicine Member of the Egyptian union of Writers, Published 5 Books and some 60 Medical Articles, Supervisors for 79 PhD theses and111 Master Degree theses.