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When the leading men complained to Aly of the licentious practice of his son his only reply was that the remedy lay in their own hands, of refusing Hasan their daughters altogether.[63] Such are the material inducements, the "works of the flesh," which Islam makes lawful to its votaries, and which promoted thus its early spread. [Sidenote: Practice in modern times. WHEN THE LEADING MEN COMPLAINED TO ALI OF THE LICENTIOUS PRACTICE OF HIS SON HIS ONLY REPLY WAS THAT THE REMEDY LAY IN THEIR OWN HANDS OF REFUSING HASN THEIR DAUGHTERS ALTOGETHER SUCH AS THE MATERIAL INDUCEMENTS THE WORKS OF FLESH WHICH IS LAMB MAKES LAWFUL TO ITS VOTARIES AND WHICH PROMOTED THIRST ITS
ntage of in the early days of Islam. In the great plague which devastated Syria seven years after the prophet's death Khalid, the Sword of God, lost _forty_ sons. Abdal Rahman, one of the "companions" of Mohammed, had issue by sixteen wives, not counting slave-girls.[62] Moghira ibn Shoba, another "companion," and governor of Kufa and Bussorah, had in his harem eighty consorts, free and servile. Coming closer to the Prophet's household, we find that Mohammed himself at one period had in his harem no fewer than nine wives and two slave-girls. Of his grandson Hasan we read that his vagrant passion gained for him the unenviable sobriquet of _The Divorcer_; for it was only by continually divorcing his consorts that he could harmonize his craving for fresh nuptials with the requirements of the divine law, which limited the number of his free wives to four. We are told that, as a matter of simple caprice, he exercised the power of divorce seventy (according to other traditions ninety) times. LIGION WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS LAMP IN THE GREAT PLAGUE WHICH DIVESTED SYRIA SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE PROPHET'S DEATH CALIPH THE SWORD OF GOD LOST FORTY SONS ABDUL REHEMMAN ONE OF THE COMPANIONS OF MOHAMMAD HAD ISSUED BY SIXTEEN WIVES NOT COUNTING SLAVE GIRLS MOGHIRA A BEANSROVER ANOTHER COMPANION AND GOVERNOR OF CUFA AND BUSSORAH HAD IN THE HARIM EIGHTY CONSORTS FREE AND SERVILE COMING CLOSER TO THE PROPHET'S HOUSEHOLD WE FIND THAT MOHAMMUTH HIMSELF AT ONE PERIOD HAD IN HIS HARIM NO FEWER THAN NINE WIVES AND TWO SLAVE GIRLS OF HIS GRANDSON HASAN WE READ THAT HIS VAGRANT PASSION GAINED FOR HIM THE UNENVIABLE SOBRICATE OF THE DIVORCER FOR IT WAS ONLY BY CONTINUALLY DIVORCING HIS CONCERTS THAT HE COULD HARMONISE HIS CRAVING FOR FRESH SNUPTIALS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIVINE LAW WHICH LIMITED THE NUMBER OF HIS FREE WIVES TO PAUL WE ARE TOLD THAT AS A MATTER OF SIMPLE CAPRICE HE EXERCISED THE POWER OF DIVORCE SEVENTY ACCORDING TO THE OTHER TRADITIONS NINETY TIMES
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