Why a man can have four wives while a woman can not have more than one husband?

The series deals with misconceptions, misunderstandings and falsehood attributed to Islam.

"Lifting the Fog" with Sheikh Yusuf Estes on HudaTV. Episode 1/14

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[abdelbaasit1]

I LOVE YUSUF ESTES FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH - الله أكبر, الله أكبر, الله أكبر

He's amazing, such a wonderful scholar of Islaam.

[ILoveprophetMuhammad]

جزاك الله خيراً ووضع الله تعالى في ميزان حسناتك اللهم إهدي النصارى واليهود إلى الإسلام وهدي الذين ليسوا على الإسلام إهديهم على الإسلام اللهم نور قلوبنا وثبتنا على الدين الإسلام

[tedwilli9]

this guy is from Ohio.

[caseynicholemusic]

Well there is a tribe where a women can have more than one husband but I don't think its from this tribe.

[thespiritualnews]

Excellent A lots of respect for you Ya Sayyadi !!

[kbagss786]

I am in my dads youtube account and i think he'll be shocked to see that i watched this. I am a woman myself and when i heard about man having four wives i thought it was ridiculous. but when i realized that there are more woman than men on this planet then a man can marry more women. i think this because if every man only has one wife and there are more women than they would become gay.and nobody wants gay females so man can marry more wives.

[yusufestes]

Islam is all about RIGHTS - Children have the right to know who there father is, and to inherit from him.

How is this possible if a woman is sleeping around with different men?

[harunoblossom99]

ALLAH Bless you sheikh Yusuf Estes :)

[skaharris]

if a man has four wives and sleeps with each one of them and they become pregnant he knows that those are his children, if a woman has four husbands and she sleeps with all of them and becomes pregnant who can she say for sure is the father of her baby? She can't, she'd be a whore. that is my opinion.

[5ikerim]

a man is allowed to have upto four wives if he can support and be equal to all of them which is extremely difficult I dont know anyone that has four wives and i dont see why someone would want that many I think one would be enough lol

[mooneyes89]

ok, so where is the answer????

[yuunjac]

Just curious, I'm happy to hear that Islam may have contributed to society strength especially in familial relationship & bond in general. However, some nation like Malaysia shows statistic that the highest divorce cases were the Muslims compared with the other races/religions in percentage. Does that means that Malaysia is not classified as Muslim nation despite they claim themselves as one?