Thomas Hughes (priest)

"The Prophet used to divide his time equally amongst his wives, and he would say, 'O God, I divide impartially that which thou hast put in my power.'"

"Marry women who will love their hus­bands and be very prolific, for I want you to be more numerous than any other people."

"Regarding the treatment. of wives, the following verse in the Qur'an allows the husband absolute power to correct them: "Chide those whose refractoriness you have cause to fear. Remove them into sleep…"

"A Muslim cannot obtain anything better than an amiable and beautiful wife, such a wife who, when ordered by her husband to do a thing, will obey, and if her husband looks at her will be happy; and if …"

"When any of you wishes to demand a woman in marriage, if he can arrange it, let him see her first."

"When a man calls his wife, she must come, although she be at an oven."

"Not one of you must whip his wife like whipping a slave."

"When a man has two wives and does not treat them equally, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with half his body fallen off."