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Whilst traditional Islamic scholarship upholds the notion that Islamic law permits polygyny and furthermore enforces the divine command to "marry only one" where the man fears being unable to fulfil the rights of two in a fair manner, a substantial segment of the Islamic scholarship elaborates further on the ruling regarding men who are able to ensure complete equality amongst the multiple wives.
Gender roles in Islam are based on scriptures, cultural traditions, and jurisprudence. The Quran , the holy book of Islam, indicates that both men and women are spiritually equal. The Quran states:
The tradition of reformist and progressive Islam, on the other hand, permits marriages between Muslim women and Non-Muslim men; [7] Islamic scholars opining this view include Guyanese-American professor Khaleel Mohammed, American activist Daayiee Abdullah, and Sudanese politician Hassan al-Turabi, among others.
Permaisuri Siti Aishah (Jawi: ڤرمايسوري سيتي عائشه; born Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman; 18 November 1971) is the consort of the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj of Selangor.
Neither the Qur'an nor narrations from the ahadith state that Aziz's (Potiphar) wife's name is Zulaikha. The name is derived from the poem "Yusuf and Zulaikha" by 15th century poet Jami and later medieval Jewish sources, however in the Qur'an the name is simply "ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ" (roman: "Imra'at ul 'Azeez") (Aziz's wife).
A fragment of Sūrat an-Nisā' – a chapter of Islam's sacred text entitled 'Women' – featuring the Persian, Arabic, and Kufic scripts. Islam views men and women as equal before God, and the Quran underlines that man and woman were "created of a single soul" (4:1, [15] 39:6 [16] and elsewhere). [17]
Although she was a commoner, she came from a mixed heritage, being not of pure Malay descent. Her mother, Rashidah Saleh, was Bruneian, while her father, Jimmy Bell, born to a Scottish father and Japanese mother, was a government servant in Brunei. After marrying Rashidah, Jimmy Bell converted to Islam and took the name Abdul Aziz.
Previously, she was the 16th Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen consort of Malaysia) during her husband's reign as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 2019 to 2024. She is also the younger sister of the 17th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim .