Hamza Ali Abbasi. Picture: file
In his newest look on ‘Lunch with Lillas’, actor Hamza Ali Abbasi spoke candidly about adultery, marriage, and religion – the matters he has by no means shied away from addressing.
The episode, launched final week on YouTube, sees Abbasi problem the notion that marriage can “repair” infidelity or curb need. “The urge to have one thing exterior of marriage doesn’t finish after re-marrying,” he stated.
“You’ll be able to have 4 wives and nonetheless be untrue. A person who marries solely for that reason will finally become bored with his new spouse too. Everybody ought to search to finish this inherent urge in them if they’ve it.”
The actor mirrored on how Muslims, specifically, ought to take adultery significantly as a carnal sin that calls for self-accountability past marital standing. “Adultery is likely one of the 5 best sins in Islam. God made just one Eve for Adam,” he stated.
“Islam permits 4 marriages solely in distinctive circumstances,” stated Abbasi. “Males would have numerous wives earlier than that. Islam put a restrict of 4 and has said in the identical Ayat that you need to attempt to marry solely as soon as as you will not be capable of do justice to multiple spouse.”
Abbasi has made comparable statements earlier than. A couple of months in the past, an previous clip of his resurfaced after a sure actor’s on-air declaration – made in entrance of his spouse – that he was entitled to marry extra girls however was “filhaal” content material along with his present partner.
In that clip, Abbasi had clarified that the allowance for a number of marriages in Islam was a contextual response throughout wartime, meant to offer safety and stability – not a licence for polygamy or “womanising”.
Throughout the ‘Lunch with Lillas’ dialog, Abbasi additionally spoke about rising up round unbiased, working girls. “All girls in my life are working girls and my sister is likely one of the most profitable dermatologists on the planet. That is the key to my glowing pores and skin,” he joked.
His mom is a Supreme Courtroom lawyer, and his spouse, actor and artist Naimal Khawar, runs her personal cosmetics firm. “Working girls can change into a power for males,” he stated.
“It offers me psychological peace that if one thing occurs to me tomorrow, they are going to maintain themselves. Males ought to respect them and look at them as a security web moderately than a risk.”
Abbasi, who has usually shared his religious journey publicly, revealed his second guide ‘Meri Daryafat: Allah, Islam Aur Akhrat Ki Justaju Major’ earlier this 12 months, exploring his evolving understanding of faith, morality, and the self.
