Why only four wives?

[Abu Zayd al-Atharee]

As one shaykh marrying once is mentioned after 2,3,4...so polygamy is normal and monogomy abnormal. May I ask why the scholars of the indopak many of them were so averse to marrying more than once? They stress the need for looking after each of them equally....no-one disagrees with that...but why were some mashaikh so against it. I remember a big timer came from India to the UK and blazed the ulema who were marrying many times and he was totally against this marrying of young ladies by older men etc.

As salaam alaikum,

Allah says, 'And if you fear that cannot be just then marry one.'

The religion of Islam places great emphasis on justice and equality. One who is not just, and has no regard for equality, will be met with a great burden on the Day of Judgement. I think those with a focus on the Akhirah probably become angry when they see individuals being quick to marry more than on wife, but at the same time being extremely negligent with regards being just and equal among them. And if the 'Ulama are doing such then what will the common folk do?

[MujahidAbdullah]

Why are you even asking such a question lol

I asked a christian why they forbid polygamy but accept that the prophets(AS) did it, he explained why and asked me why we only alow four when some of the anbiya had more than 4.

[omerhayat]

Our heart has 4 valves. One wife for each.

[Sulaiman84]

I asked a christian why they forbid polygamy but accept that the prophets(AS) did it, he explained why and asked me why we only alow four when some of the anbiya had more than 4.

Oh snap, I think I get it now. Maybe you can tell the christian about the special permission of Rasulullah to marry more than four (maybe the other ambiyaa had special permission for similar or different things, too). The Aaayah is in surah Al-Ah'zaab: 50

Khaalisatallaka min doonil mu'mineen

These (injunctions mentioned above) are exclusively for (special) you (O Rasulullah ) and not for the Mu'mineen (for their injunctions are different).

Commentary on the seven injunctions:

http://www.classicalislamgroup.co.uk...er/s33-v50to52

[maneatinglizard]

I asked a christian why they forbid polygamy but accept that the prophets(AS) did it, he explained why and asked me why we only alow four when some of the anbiya had more than 4.

Different Shariahs for different people.

[abuhajira]

Our shariah is 4 at one time. You can have 100 wives, 4 in one time.

The jamhoor and accepted opinion is that we can only have maximum of 4 wives based on the ayah that says to marry twos threes or four..

Now as for the question of WHY.. well we can contemplate and find many reasons, but they will be our dhann. Allah only knows what was the actual intent is this restriction.. (I rather think of it as a relaxation, especially looking at the enormous amount of adultry prevelant).

[MujahidAbdullah]

Our shariah is 4 at one time. You can have 100 wives, 4 in one time.

The jamhoor and accepted opinion is that we can only have maximum of 4 wives based on the ayah that says to marry twos threes or four..

Now as for the question of WHY.. well we can contemplate and find many reasons, but they will be our dhann. Allah only knows what was the actual intent is this restriction.. (I rather think of it as a relaxation, especially looking at the enormous amount of adultry prevelant).

That answers my question, i wasnt sure if the limit of four was explained somwhere, or if it was just one of those things we do simply because Allah said so.

[smilesmile]

mera reply bhi perh lo please and confirm what i said in Quran. sara men key khidmat mein urz hai "God says you can not do ADAL between your four wives. why all men aank bacha kar wo part of aayat nahe perhtay . they say we can do Adal and God says you can not. who is wrong here in following the God's concept to permit to marry four.


there is reasoning for every ayate qurani beside the environment to be noted when those aayats were send to us. when ever that environment would be around us we would use the same ahkame illahe

our rasoul gives another way permission to marry four if your neyat is the kind for/when he had permitted. then its fine. our rasoul said to a man marry he said I am very poor do not have even bread for myself , he said with the luck of that lady God might give you RIZQ he married and again he went to him and said now I am more poor than before, he said marry another , he became more poor as neither of the two ladies had good NASEEB , he went to prophet (pbuh) and said now i have worse condition regarding rizq. prophet mohammed(pbuh) said you marry another .anyways when he married the last his HALAT became much better and he visited our prophet and told him that now i have plenty of RRIZQ e halal. our prophet (pbuh) said with the last lady's naseeb all of you, and three wives would be fed well. Here he said you should try to treat all the wives same. here enviornment is different, conditions are different more over NEYAT to marry more than one is different , so pls do not take for granted that all AHKAME ILAHE and all farmodat e nabi(SA) can be implimented all the time at differnt environment and at different situations, when ever that kind , those days kind of people would be there in the world same things would be implimented.

[smilesmile]

pls kindly read my explanation to my understanding regarding four marriages:

I said the same aayat where it is written and GOD has permitted to marry four ladies , ahead he said but you must do AADAL between them and ahead of this in the same aayat he said BUT YOU CAN NOT DO AADAL.

It means this permission is and was to just prohabit many four folds of those marriages prevailed in those days in their environment
secondly marrying four can never be accompanied with AADAL between them as GOD says in the same AAYAT AHEAD.

1) so in marrying four you (those) who are shawat Pasand are prohabitted to do harram kari
2) the child to be given the name of the father
3) to curtail marring many many ladies which was prevailed those days.

let me tell you as Quran is sufficient for AAQAL WALOUN and SAMAJWALOUN ka leyey . Many people do not understand it , as most of the people do not read this part of the aayat , same aayat that GOD almighty says you are unable to do aadal between four wives.

so marrying four at a time without any valid reason which I have mentioned in previous replies . if some one marries four is doing KHUNNA but not khunahay kabira as he is not doing harram kari which he would have done otherwise . pls read and comment honestly. regards

[smilesmile]

pls aayat puri tou perh lo or sath mera perception bhi perh lo pls and reply to me otherwise I would not waste my time on this forum sub ka sub MOURGHE KEY AIK TANG HAIN .they do not read others point of view. in this way the forum becomes useless . what ever every body is saying we are hearing for so long same old story . pls read mine thanks