Is polygamy mubah or recommended? What are the opinions of the 4 Sunni madhabs on this?

This is a question which requires some fiqh knowledge. I just want to discuss the fiqh of it, so would prefer, if personal biases are set aside in answering the question. My question is, would it be a correct understanding, Islamically, that when the ruling of a matter is “permissible” in the shariah rather than “Mustahhab” or “Sunnah” one can weigh the pros or cons of that matter and make own personal decision on whether to practice it or not? I ask this specifically in the context of polygamy. If one can think to potential harms polygamy might cause - such as pain to the wife/woman and possibly statistics that point to harms would it be correct to advice against polygamy weighing its pros and cons? For eg drinking energy drinks is permissible but it’s not good for you - so you may discourage it. Just like that would it be islamically fine to discourage polygamy? Would it be different in the case of polygamy because polygamy is explicitly mentioned in the Qur’an? What is in my mind as I think about this issue is verse 1 of Surah tahrim. By the way, for the benefit of this discussion, I am referring to the opinion of those scholars who consider polygamy only permissible and not Sunnah. I understand there are other opinions but that is not what this discussion is about. Like I said I am interested in the fiqh so I would appreciate someone wijt some knowledge of fiqh and for personal biases to be set aside.

Qur'an 4:3 makes Islamically permissible men having more than one wife. However, after some (comically unsuccessful) attempts at finding a husband, I can say the idea of my (inshallah) future husband having a second wife feels degrading to me. My dream of finding a loving husband does not involve negotiations of a second wife. I'm at a point where I feel I should insist on being the only wife. **Question**: Is it improper for a woman to insist on being the only wife? Obviously, a husband may choose to have just one wife, and (as far as know) this is the norm in Muslim society. But I'm wondering if it's improper (as in haram, disliked, etc.) for a woman to obstruct her (current or future) husband from finding a second wife. I'm not clear on this, maybe this is a perfectly acceptable decision that a woman may make.

Does not taking a second wife (even after being able to treat wives fairly) fall under the category of imitating disbelievers? I heard that Abd ul aziz bin baz stated that in his book. Is it true? If a man is happy with one wife and doesn't want to take another (even after being financially stable to support second wife),then is he imitating disbelievers or going against sunnah?

The conditions for having more than one wife as per my understanding are:- - Treat all wives equally - Provide all wives with the same standard of accommodation If a man is able to meet all these conditions, then can he not have as many wives as he wants to? Why only limit to 4? Why only 4 wives are allowed in Islam?

Is it permissible for a husband to live with his 4 wives in one home With each wife having a room for themselves.

In a conversation someone claimed that certain sects allow for a greater limit on polygamy such as 9 or 18 women based on their understanding of the Qur'an. Is this true? How do they argue their stance?

**If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.** As we know, Sura An Nisa has talked about polygamy where a man can marry two, three, or four women only if the man can bring justice equally to every of his wife. But the confusion happens among several people, some people claim that the verse is described in the context of the Uhud war when lots of women became orphans. And only bring justice for them, polygamy is allowed here. But it is not to marry a general, independent woman. As we are in 2022, women are more independent financially, and from another perspective, then why they will allow their husband to marry other women? As we can see the first part of the verse ("If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans"),it is a clear condition to marry only orphan girls to bring justice to them. Why this condition is always skipped by everyone?

What are the conditions for polygamy to be permissible according to Quran and Sunnah? Is there any hadith that allows marrying non-orphans?

Salam 'Alaykoum, I am potentially Sayyid (Descendant of the Prophet), and I would like to know if there are any specific things to apply or recommendations for Sayyid people. I am thinking of having children (or many children), being polygamous, being even more careful with language etc. Thanks in advance

I have seen some Islamic lectures that say that the man does not need to ask his first wife's permission, but also the first wife does not even need to know? Isn't this lying and deceit? How does such a thing become valid when it comes to a man? I understand the proof that he does not need the permission of a wife is the fact that the Qu'ran makes it his right to marry more than one. But is it valid outside of the knowledge of the first wife? Also does it count as unfair if the second wife knows of the first wife, and the first does not?

M. Arnez, *Empowering women through Islam: Fatayat NU between tradition and change*, J. Islamic Studies, 2010 (doi ), p. 83 describes how Siti Musdah Mulia , an Indonesian women's rights activist, uses the following hadith to indicate that the Prophet discouraged polygyny. > [...] when the husband of Fatima, Ali ibn Abi Talib, wanted to marry again, the Prophet was angry. He summoned Ali ibn Abi Talib. He said: For your information, Fatima is my child. If Fatima is troubled, I'm also troubled. If Fatima suffers, I also suffer. Don't you ever marry anyone but Fatima. And Ali ibn Abi Talib did not do so. I'm wondering if this hadith is authentic and accurate as stated above. **Question**: Is there an authentic hadith to this effect? Searching sunnah.com listed a range of hadith with similar meanings, but I didn't find one with wording to this effect. The closest I found was: > ... No doubt, Fatima is a part of me, I hate to see her being troubled. By Allah, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the daughter of Allah's Enemy cannot be the wives of one man." So `Ali gave up that engagement. ... -- Sahih al-Bukhari 3729 (sunnah.com ) It doesn't convey the same meaning; the Prophet instead forbids Ali from marrying a second wife who is "Allah's Enemy".

The question https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/36330/17163 talks about the hadiths regarding a man's marriage being half his deen. For example, Daily Hadith write: > Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “**Whoever Allah provides with a righteous wife, then Allah has assisted him in half of his religion**. Let him fear Allah regarding the second half.” > > Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ 992 > > Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to As-Suyuti In Islam, a man is permitted to have N ∈ {0,1,2,3,4} wives. We know: - If a man has 0 wives, 0% of his deen is fulfilled by virtue of having a wife. - If a man has 1 wife, 50% of his deen is fulfilled by virtue of having a wife. But what about N ∈ {2,3,4}? **Question**: If a man's marriage fulfils "half his deen", what happens with multiple wives? If we assume the level of fulfilment scales linearly with N, then a man fulfils N/2 of his deen by virtue of being married, which gives a contradiction when N ∈ {3,4} because N/2>1. Therefore, the level of fulfilment cannot scale linearly with N. In other words, e.g. having three wives cannot be three times as virtuous as having one wife.

Is it mandatory for a husband get the consent of his current wife(s) if he wishes to marry another woman? And why? If so, should he get the consent of all his wives in case he has more than one? And if it's mandatory and he doesn't get the consent, knowingly or unknowingly, or the wife/wives refuse to give the consent, but still marries another woman, would the marriage be valid?

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters. Does the wife in Islamic marriages have a say in whether the husband gets to marry more women? In Islam, a man can marry up to 4 women, but can a wife reject that proposal? I feel like some women wouldn't be comfortable with that and wouldn't wish to "share" their husband, and I've read that the only solution for women who don't want to be with a husband who wishes to marry more women is to divorce their husband according to their "marriage contract", but is it really just an either-or? I'm a man myself, but I was just curious about this. Of course, if it's not allowed, then I cannot disagree with the word of Allah. Allah knows best. Thank you. Edit: Again, for anyone reading my comment and thinking about disliking or are mad about it, I'm not against it if Allah has said it's impermissible. I will put my own feelings and opinions aside always if Allah has said how it is. I know Allah knows best and that my personal opinion has no say in Islamic rules. So I kindly ask anyone that's come across this question to not take it the wrong way. I'm simply curious.

Why does the famous and well known verse about polygyny starts by referring to orphans: > And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice]. (4:3 ) There must certainly be a reason why Allah started the verse referring to orphans. Does anybody can explain it?

Asalamualaikum. Are there any verses or proofs that allow general polygamy (in all cases) and answer these questions? 1)Why does the Polygamy Verse state an **if condition** (IF you FEAR). What about those who don’t have orphans (are not guardians of orphans) or don’t have that ‘fear’ can they still marry 4 Women? 2) Why was the word “yetama” in the Quran (orphans) **wrongly translated** into “orphan girls” in ‘sahih’ translations and the word “[other]” is **Added** to make it fit with the Hadith explanation? If we take these away: “**And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphans (male and female) then marry those that please you from the females, in twos or threes or fours**” This could be that if you have fear you cannot deal with all those orphans you may marry from among them the females. 3) The Quran talks about monogamous relationships throughout & “replacing a wife” not “adding” That **exception was made when talking about orphan girls and revealed after a deadly war.** Not generally. 4) If this was about **Mahr** as the **Hadith explanation** states it to be the reason, why would a man who refuses to pay mahr to only one orphan girl pay mahr to more than one woman or be allowed to marry more women? 5) Most of **the women the prophet married were orphans, captives and widows.** Not for love or lust. Doesn’t that mean something? 6) Scholars give the reason about men, sexuality and cheating but “Jabir heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) say: When a woman fascinates any one of you and she captivates his heart, he should go to his wife and have an intercourse with her, for it would **repel what he feels”** Book 8, Number 3242 7)They also say it’s so every woman marries but we can never make sure all women are married even if there is a man for every woman in world. Prophets companions married widows and orphans for the **sole purpose of financially supporting them: Abu Bakr and Umm Ruman For ex not so they’re not “unmarried”.** 8)Some famous scholars have said its bec there are more women but as of today ratio is **50.4% to 49.6%**. So there are more men than women. It only becomes true when there is war. 9)If even some men married even two wives it would **leave a lot of men without wives**. How can it be generally allowed in all cases? Since the purpose by scholars is so every woman can get married? What about men? Doesn’t Allah care about them? Are there any verses or proofs from the Quran (or confirmed sunnah) that allow general polygamy and answer these questions? Jazakallah

What if a married woman has got strong sexual desire that one husband can not fulfil? Is she allowed to marry two men to avoid haram relationships.

Assalamualaikum I find that whoever doesn't like the law of Allah is a disbeliever. We all know that polygamy is allowed by Allah. But most of the married Muslim women don't want or like their husband to take another woman. Does it make her out of Islam or disbeliever?

My husband married me in the year 2015 2nd feb and the next year he married another woman on 21stjan 2016 without my knowledge. We are medical students i am a bhms and he is mbbs and also my cousin. So we were not staying then as we were students. I found out now that he is living with the other girl and when i said to leave me he is not Willing to divorce me. Now what i should do please help.