upbringing of offspring "children". The wife and husband are verily the best educators for children as vulnerability of children before the parents is much more than others. And the Prophet's hadeeth "Get married and multiply in number, so that the earth gets heavier with your offspring, who are monotheists" is an indication to this very role. In interpretation of the verse "O ye who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire..." "66:6" AlMuraghi, a Sunni exegete has said: Those who are meant by this verse being the wives and children. AlImaam Ali"A" said: Teach your families the good deeds and educate and discipline them. Yet in another hadeeth: Tell your families to keep in mind the prayers, fasting, zakaat "almsdue", the needy, orphans and neighbours." 95 We think that these six purposes are altogether the object intended by Islam, the fact certified by laws and regulations of marriage, divorce with family manners and morals. Observing chastity and modesty, looking after the children, abstinence from obscene acts and vices, observing rights of wife, 'iddah "a prescribed period which a woman has to pass after her divorce or husband's demise for her remarriage" and inheritance and others all indicate these purposes. Based on this, the characteristics recommended in selecting the spouse are farther than one purpose, but rather observing all the purposes, like: A faithful, wise and modest wife; viviparous; Able to meet all of husband's sexual desires; chaste; noble and of honourable descent and lineage;
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95. Wasa'il As-Shi'ah ah, vol. XVI, p. 24, Baab 20, Ha, 41.
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