"Is polygamy not a sinful practice against humanity?" a non muslim brother poses a question to speaker yassir fazzaga.
Marriage to more than one wife at the same time - Polygamy - is a practice as old as the history of man, and is allowed in Islamic law. Among others, Polygamy was well known to the Ancient Hebrews, Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Assyrians, Japanese, Hindus, Russians and Germanic peoples.
All previous revealed religions practiced and condoned Polygamy. The Old and New Testaments are at the foremost in the list of the religious Books that legalized and practiced it.
Many of the Prophets of Allah before Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) entered into plural marriages. Prophet Abraham had two wives; Prophet Jacob had four wives; and Prophet David had ninety-nine wives (may Allah exalt their mention). Prophet Solomon (may Allah exalt their mention) had seven hundred wives who were free noble women, and three hundred other wives who were slave women.
Nowhere does the law of the Prophet Moses (may Allah exalt their men-tion) set or determine a specific number of wives to which a husband was entitled. The compilers of the Talmud, who lived around Jerusalem, de-cided upon a certain number of wives for a man, and some Jewish scholars only permitted a second wife or more if the first wife was permanently ill or barren. Still other Jewish scholars did not permit plural marriages at all.
In the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus is commissioned to comply with and complete the Laws of Moses (may Allah exalt their mention) and we cannot find a single quote in the Bible that forbids plural marriage. The prohibition of plural marriages in Christianity came about only as a result of legislation set forth certain segments of the Christian church, and not by the original teachings of Christianity itself.
For this reason we find many examples of Christians taking multiple wives. The Irish king, Ditharmet, for instance, had two wives. King Frederick the Second had two wives with the church's approval. Thus, it must be noticed that prohibition was in the hands of the priests of the church, and not in accordance with any universally recognized original law of Jesus Christ himself (may Allah exalt their mention). Martin Luther, the German priest who first established the Protestant sect, considered plural marriage acceptable and advocated it on many occasions.
Polygamy was well known amongst pagan Arab tribes prior to the advent of Islam but there was no limitation for the number of wives, like in the cases of some of the Prophets mentioned above.
With the advent of Islam, the Islamic law condoned Polygamy but a man was limited to only four wives, and specific rules regulated these marriages. There are numerous examples in the authentic traditions wherein the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon Him) obligated those who had more than four wives, when they accepted Islam, to choose four and divorce the rest honorably. Allah, the Most Beneficent, said:
(And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan-girls, then marry (other) 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 (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.) [4:3]
Thus we see that strict justice and fairness in treatment, and avoiding any injustice and wrong practices against all wives, is stipulated and condi-tional for those who wish to take more than one wife. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon Him) warned against favoritism saying:
"He who has two wives and is not just between them, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with one of his sides fallen."
[Abu Dawood 2133 & Tirmidhi 1141 and verified]Justice and fairness, in this context, applies to material things such as expenditure, fair division of wealth, gifts, time, etc. As for emotional matters, such as love and inclination of the heart towards one wife over the other, it is recognized that man has no control over his innermost heart and emotions, as they are involuntary. Allah, the Most Beneficent, said:
(You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives even if it is your ardent desire (i.e. emotions of the heart), so do not incline too much to one of them (by giving her more of your time and provision) so as to leave the other hanging (i.e. neither divorced nor married). And if you do justice, and do all that is right and fear Allah by keeping away from all that is wrong, then Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful) [4:129]
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@Dooont I misunderstood, and thought this was the majority. I did think polygamy was the normal thing of this religion. I am not a nasty person.
icemom09 9 months ago
@icemom09 Also, everyone is entitled to their own preferance, there is no compulsion in our religion to partake in Polygany. its completely acceptable to stay unmarried or keep searching for the right one.
Dooont 9 months ago
@icemom09 Yes, its sad. But at the same time, they are still women. and our religion does not leave space for these women to become mistresses.
Dooont 9 months ago
@Dooont Those women are awful!!! i could never be like that! I also could never accept a plural marrige. You are right though, there are many women that are fine with being a mistress. Very sad.
icemom09 9 months ago
@icemom09 well not many women think like you, alot of women resolve to being mistresses or girlfriends, even if the man is married. Secrecy is not allowed in our religion.
Dooont 9 months ago
@Dooont no, you are brainwashed, and dumb. i would rather have no husband then one that cheats on me and has other wives
icemom09 9 months ago
@icemom09 You are ignorant. Thats all.
Dooont 9 months ago
@earleenganda That is awful
icemom09 9 months ago
@Dooont Arew you fucking kidding me? Perverts. islam is stupid, and fuck allah
icemom09 9 months ago
my father converted to islam from catholic 4 years ago, he's 50years old already and now she bought an 18 yr old girl for 50k pesos from a muslim father and married that woman. Is this practice acceptable?
earleenganda 11 months ago