For Muslims....women and men....?

Question

How do you feel about muslim men marrying more than one woman? Do you believe it is an archaic practice or would you consider it?

Answer 1

(I'm a Muslim) Personally, I wouldn't want to marry more than one woman, one is more than enough for me (not being sarcastic on how women nag...on the contrary, i'm saying that the love of one woman is enough for me). and i do think it's an archaic practice, but you have to understand that when the Muslims practiced it during the time of the Prophet PBUH, they had serveral reasons to do. I've written a short section on Polygamy and Islam: here it is if ur interested:

Polygamy
Polygamy is another sensitive issue which has sparked much debate and attacks directed at the morality of Islam. It is a very ancient practice found in many societies, both present and past. It was not something established by Islam. It is neither mandatory, nor encouraged, but merely permitted. “Permission to practice polygamy is not associated with mere satisfaction of passion. It is rather associated with compassion toward widows and orphans. Islam, in fact, regulated this practice, limited it, made it more humane, and instituted equal rights and status for all wives. It established conditions and rules in a time where Arabs used to have as many as ten – or even more – wives and considered them to be ‘property’. A man is only allowed, at most, four wives on the condition that he can fulfill the stringent conditions of treating each fairly, as well as providing each with separate housing. “Marry of the women that please you, two, three, or four, but if you fear that you will not be able to deal justly with them, then only one […] that is more likely to make you avoid bias.” It is also evident that the general rule in Islam is monogamy and not polygamy: only 2% of Muslims practice it over the world.” (Al-Sunnah.com).

Other religions have legitimized the practice of polygamy too. There are no scriptural accounts of Jesus prohibiting it, though the Jewish society around him exercised it. On the contrary, the Old Testament states that prophet Solomon “had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines” (1 Kings 11:3). David is also said to have many wives and concubines in Samuel 2, 5:13 : “And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.” Similar to Muslims, early Christians were engaged in polygamous relationships, following Jewish tradition.

The point that is often misunderstood is that women in other cultures do not necessarily see polygamy as something unacceptable or degrading. The proof of that is that some of these women are in polygamous relationships themselves. No woman can be forced into this kind of marriage if she does not wish it. Women also have the right to exclude it in their marriage contract. Furthermore, the environmental settings of the past are ignored once again by critics who view polygamy as immoral. The fact is that, back then, there were more women than men due to the constant state of war people lived in. Husbands would get killed, and widows would be left with no one to provide for them. Polygamous relationships were considered normal. Now, polygamy is impractical and almost absent, much less frequent than extramarital affairs in the West. (Al-Sunnah.com).

Answer 2

Allah let Muslim men marry more than one woman but he can't just go around marring every woman he sees he's only allowed to marry again if something is wrong with his wife maybe barren or has an incurable disease or something some women are OK with their husbands having other wives and some aren't here in Egypt it still happens alot .

Answer 3

before and maybe until now. the number of women exceed the number of men. and many men die in wars. there were many single women, single widows, and other women. Sex is forbidean outside marriage. Not every man want to get married, and not every man is financially ready for marriage. women want to have a family and practice legal sex/love without making God angry. marrying more than one woman balance the society especially that men and women are phsycially, emotionally and mentally different.

Answer 4

too bad no one does it anymore. i believe its pretty archaic.

Answer 5

Monogamy is one wife too many. Who would do that. He'd be nagged to death.

Answer 6

Never considererd it and it's neva gonna happen....