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| Choose only 4 wives or be killed in 3 days! - Mullah to 84 year old man. |
| 2008-08-21 |
| Nigeria's Islamic authority has told the man who has 86 wives to choose only four and repent within three days or else he will be sentenced to death. The Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI) passed their verdict on Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, according to Sharia law. This comes two weeks after the Nigerian press and the BBC reported on the case. Talking to the media then, Mr Abubakar challenged Muslim scholars, saying there is no punishment stated in the Koran for having more than four wives. However, Mr Abubakar advised other men not to follow his example and marry 86 women. The former teacher and Muslim preacher lives in Niger State with his wives and at least 170 children, and says he is able to cope only with the help of God. "A man with 10 wives would collapse and die, but my own power is given by Allah. That is why I have been able to control 86 of them," he told the BBC. Most Muslim scholars agree that a man is allowed to have four wives, as long as he can treat them equally. But Mr Bello Abubakar told the BBC: "To my understanding the Koran does not place a limit and it is up to what your own power, your own endowment and ability allows. "God did not say what the punishment should be for a man who has more than four wives, but he was specific about the punishment for fornication and adultery." Niger is one of the Muslim majority states to have reintroduced Sharia punishments since 2000. Several people have been sentenced to death for adultery by Sharia courts but none of these sentences have been carried out. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 What about the legal status of his children by same??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-21 23:32 |
| #10 Rambler, it often applies to a mother and her daughters, too. But you have sons, if I recall correctly, so you wouldn't have experienced that. I'd bet money they are indeed well enough synchronized that it's only not a problem one week each month. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-21 23:18 |
| #9 Re #5 - USN, IIRC, when a group of women live together, their menstrual cycles tend to synchronize. The study I heard of was looking at women in a sorority, so I don't know if it applies to a large group of married women living together. But yeah, I can imagine if all 86 did synchronize, every four weeks would be "interesting". |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-21 18:38 |
| #8 Why does he want 72 in the afterlife if he had 86 in this one...? Did someone say .... downgrade? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2008-08-21 18:04 |
| #7 I read somewhere that Mo did, indeed have more then 4 wives and when he was called on it, had one of those revealations that he was special and was allowed to have as many |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-08-21 15:51 |
| #6 That's when God steps in to help him. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-08-21 15:37 |
| #5 how many does the Moolah have? SOunds like a case of Nookie Envy..... (wonder if those 84 have their PMS cycles in synch... that would be rough 'hood 'bout every 4 weeks) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-08-21 14:35 |
| #4 Talking to the media then, Mr Abubakar challenged Muslim scholars, saying there is no punishment stated in the Koran for having more than four wives. Having more then four wives should be punishment enough... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-21 12:16 |
| #3 No I think you mean he had a wife that WAS four. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-21 12:04 |
| #2 Didn't the Prophet (bees pee upon him) have more than four wives? |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-21 11:33 |
| #1 Women .. Cant live with 'em , cant live without 'em ! :) |
| Posted by: Mad Eye 2008-08-21 11:02 |