Muslim girls must give up their religion. The amount of oppression they face in the desert cult is unmatched. A husband has complete sexual rights over his wife. “Your wives are your tilth; go then unto your tilth as you may desire”(3363). The same idea is also found in the QurAn(2:223). Another hadIs in the same group tells the husband that“if he likes he may have intercourse being on the back or in front of her, but it should be through one hole” (3365), which means vagina only, as the commentators tell us. It is the duty of a wife to be responsive to all of her husband’s overtures. “When a woman spends the night away from the bed of her husband, the angels curse her until morning” (3366).

In return, a woman has her rights. She is entitled to a lawful maintenance (nafaqah); if the husband fails to provide it, she can seek a divorce. She is also entitled to a dowry (mahr), or what the QurAn in some verses (4:24,33:50) calls her “hire” (ujUrat). She can claim it when divorced. She is also to be consulted in the choice of her partner. “A woman who has been previously married (Sayyib) has more right to her person than her guardian. And a virgin should also be consulted, and her silence implies her consent” (3307).

Theoretically, a Muslim woman is entitled to make the marriage contract herself, but in practice it is her nearest kinsman, the guardian (walI), who does it. The father and the grand father are even called “compelling walIs.” According to some schools, a minor girl given in marriage by a guardian other than her father or grandfather can seek dissolution of the marriage when she attains her majority.”

Reference -Understanding the Hadith by Ram Swarup , Page 71
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