Somewhere in the mix of me posting my last entry I meant to stay on topic..but everybody who knows me IRL knows that when I feel passionately about something..it's not a easy feat..
So what I wanted to share is a online article that I read that basically depicts the views of a young Muslimah who happens to also be the product of a Polygynous marriage(I was so amazed that I had to read the article like 3 times).
Here is a small sample of what is written:
by a daughter of polygyny
To start off, I would like to tell a little about myself. My mother became Muslim when I was a young child. In the beginning it wasn’t very easy for me. I watched my mom go from being a very “cool”, modernized mom to a very conservative one. It started with the clothing. She went from wearing mini-skirts to longer pants, skirts and long sleeve blouses and the headscarf (hijab). Eventually she made the transition into a jilbab (overgarment), and, now Mashallah she even wears niqab. All of this didn’t happen overnight either- it took several years.
2 comments:
Assalamu `alaykum,
I just wanted to give you the heads up to let you know that the writer of that piece, wrote it as an "inspirational" story.
It's not a true story, or a true testimony of a daughter from a polygynous marriage. Unfortunately, the story has become so widespread that people forget to write that it's a work of fiction, not reality.
With this, I'm not denying that there could be daughters who have benefitted from polygyny. I would actually be very interested in meeting some and listening to their stories.
Salaam,
Well I appreciate you sharing this information and I shall be looking into it a bit more as well.
I wonder if my Grandparents would be willing to let me document their entire story? It would make for a fascinating factual tale of events.
Salaam
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