A Daughter Writes About Her Father's Fourth Marriage

This is how the Siddiqs of our age are…

A father's story in his daughter's words: my father is a real hero…

My father is a real hero, following the example of the Companions. Today my father married for the fourth time. I and my two mothers welcomed the bride with honour and love. With my own hands I prepared my new mother for the wedding night…

Let me tell you a true story of the real heroes of a new Bangladesh. The story is 100% true. It is mine and my respected father's. I will keep it very short…

I am the eldest daughter of my father's mathna (second wife). My father is a worthy son of a well-known family of scholars in Khulna division. He is a hafiz and an 'alim himself, and a distinguished businessman and social worker.

My father now has four wives, and with sons, daughters, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, his family has sixteen members. He carries out his responsibility for all of us with complete trust and justice. A thousand salams to him.

My father's first wife has three children. My elder brother and elder sister are married. They all study at the Mishkat and Jalalayn level. Abbu married all his sons and daughters young, while still students, to protect them from sin. Ah, if only every father in Bangladesh were like this…

My mother is his mathna (second wife). She was a widow. After my father died, I saw with my own eyes how hard she struggled with the three of us. Alhamdulillah, through IMB my mother married this father of mine as his second wife. He also married me to a senior scholar, a member of IMB, as his third wife. He enrolled my two brothers in a hifz school. A thousand salams to Ideal Marriage Bureau – IMB for standing beside helpless orphans like us.

My father's thulatha (third wife) had been divorced twice. She has a very kind heart. My father married this helpless woman with honour and gave her a dignified home.

Today my father married his ruba'a (fourth wife), alhamdulillah. My fourth mother was very helpless. She also has two children, and she has been without a husband for six years. Today my father married her and took full responsibility for her two children.

When he brought my new mother home, my two mothers and we brothers and sisters were there. Everyone was very happy. My new mother wept with joy. She kept saying: are you angels or human beings?

Finally, my deepest respect and congratulations to my eldest mother and her children, my elder brother and sisters. If they had not accepted this ruling of Allah and accepted us, helpless orphans like us might still be living in that hardship.

Countless congratulations and tearful prayers for IMB and Mufti Mamunur Rashid Qasemee, may Allah preserve him.

May Allah establish this ruling of His in the land of Bangladesh. May He accept IMB. Amin, ya Rabbal 'alamin.

This real hero is IMB's MD, Hafiz Imam Uddin, may Allah preserve him. This is the story of his four marriages.