Does there have to be love between husband and wife?
Question Does Islam state that a man and a women who are married have to love one another? If so how is that possible if the man marries more than one wife? Answer Praise be to Allah Firstly: Love between the husband and the wife is something natural. It cannot be said concerning such a thing that it is obligatory according to sharee‘ah, or that Islam enjoins it; rather in such matters, what could be attained naturally is sufficient and there is no need for a religious text to enjoin it. The one who imagines that married life nothing but a romantic novel or rosy dream is looking for something that cannot exist in real life, as real life inherently involves toil, hardship and difficulty. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “We have certainly created man into hardship” [al-Balad 90:4]. The poet said: Life is inherently difficult and tough, yet you want it to be free from all problems and troubles; the one who expects from life the opp...