6. The Quran describes marriage as companionship
Several excerpts from the Quran describe the relationship between a man and his wife as one between partners and companions, refuting the misconception that Muslim women are their husbands' servants.
Muslim men are obliged to respect their wives and treat them with kindness no matter the circumstances.
"Live with them (your wives) in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good." [Quran 4:19]
"And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought." [Quran 30:21]
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