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- Pre Islamic Arabia was the period of darkness in Arabia before the advent of Islam.
- Women were not given dowry before marriage.
- Their consent was not sought for before marriage.
- Slaves were not allowed to marry.
- Married women were not allowed to visit their relatives.
- Men could take their wives to sleep with other men to get better off springs.
- There existed marriage by captured.ie women could be got from wars.
- There existed marriage by inheritance.
- There existed temporary / muttah marriages.
- Women were not allowed to divorce their husbands.
- Divorce was so rampant, i.e. men could divorce their women any reason.
- A wife was not allowed to inherit the deceased husband’s property.
- Excessive polygamy was practiced by men.
- Polyandry an act where a woman possessed more than one husband was practiced.
- A wife who gave birth to a boy or boys was highly praised where as the female baby would be put to death.
- Stepsons who inherited their father’s wives could either marry them or auction them off for dowry.
- Wives were forced into sexual intercourse during their menses.
- Adultery was the order of the day.
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