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**Freeptube** · 12-02-2010, 09:30 AM

My understanding of polygamy according to Islam is that a man can have more than 1 wife, up to four, out of societal necessity (such as she has orphaned children who needs a father, or she needs a mans support, etc.) , not just out of sexual desire for more than one woman.

What is your evidence for this? If a man has the means to support more than one wife and treat them justly, he can take a second, third and fourth wife, even if it is just to satisfy his sexual desire. After all, isn't that one of the main reasons why Allah

and His Messenger

encouraged marriage in the first place - so that it provides man a lawful means for fulfilling his natural urges? Islam makes man responsible for his pleasures. So if he wants to take multiples wives, he must also be prepared to face the responsibilities that come with it.

Also, multiple marriages are not desired or recommended unless absolutely necessary. Again, I would like to see your basis for this conclusion. As long as the man is just and has the means, nothing in the Shari'ah has prohibited him from taking more than one wife.

12-02-2010, 09:30 AM	#4
Freeptube Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 589 Senior Member	My understanding of polygamy according to Islam is that a man can have more than 1 wife, up to four, out of societal necessity (such as she has orphaned children who needs a father, or she needs a mans support, etc.) , not just out of sexual desire for more than one woman. What is your evidence for this? If a man has the means to support more than one wife and treat them justly, he can take a second, third and fourth wife, even if it is just to satisfy his sexual desire. After all, isn't that one of the main reasons why Allah and His Messenger encouraged marriage in the first place - so that it provides man a lawful means for fulfilling his natural urges? Islam makes man responsible for his pleasures. So if he wants to take multiples wives, he must also be prepared to face the responsibilities that come with it. Also, multiple marriages are not desired or recommended unless absolutely necessary. Again, I would like to see your basis for this conclusion. As long as the man is just and has the means, nothing in the Shari'ah has prohibited him from taking more than one wife.
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