The idea of the debate came to me while I was chatting with the distinguished lady, Bet. The subject is not new; it is about marrying more than one wife. God said, ((And if you fear to deal justly with orphan girls, you can marry a woman of your choice, two, and three, and four. If you are afraid to be just, take one…)). Therefore, our religion did not make polygamy obligatory or encouraged it, only in certain cases and for certain reasons.
Will two women make a man happy? Suppose, he has three, will he be happier? What about four? These are rare cases for us, the men. In case of money and ability to do so.
One woman is enough to make her man happy. By the way, I used to have four but not at one time. I could not feel that happiness or the peace of mind. Some men might have one wife and three or four secretly. Is that right? Of course, the matter is different from one community to the other. It is a long story, but the members can give some help.
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Islee, aap Mishaikh link deko! Some of the members provided some useful links to help, can you see them? Of course, each country follows its own rules and traditions. Regarding that word 'secretly' which you wrote, we do not want things to be dealt under the table. Thanks Bharath for your points on Polygamy.
Como estas Franklin? Bienvenido all klub! Ante todo, welcome to the club. First, I want to be one of your friends, is that possible? I agree with you, if a man is happy with two wives or more, no one will make a story about it. Please, see the links provided by Rosemary or by Iraqi John. We have a saying, (if two or more people agree and they are satisfied, why does the judge interfere?) I really hope to be one of your friends. Thanks for your comment on Polygamy.
happiness is a relative concept. What one person supports their happiness differs from another's. If one man holds his happiness in collecting wives, that's respectable.
Halo Hana, I was busy with my son last week. I couldn't reply fully to your nice intervention. I agree with you about it. They are rare cases that the wife gives the green light for her husband to marry another woman. We have mentioned some of these circumstances. During the years of tyranny, oppression, lack of knowledge, people used to marry many women. As you mentioned, one queen, the legal wife and an army of illegal ones. I really appreciate your time reading and commenting on Polygamy.
Asante sana Molemane! Of course, I was married legally to them. it is a shame for a man of my age to do that. I mean to commit fornication or adultery. By the way, where have you been, lovely lady? Thanks for your comment on Polygamy.
Halethorpe chetore Saba? Mutashakirim! Thanks for your searching for those terms. The founder suggested about making subject about it. I will give a reply to your nice intervention. Thanks for your comment on Polygamy.
Hello Dara
Your discussion make me curious to look up the meanings for polygamy, polygyny and polyandry. I searched them from Wikipedia, here is the meanings:
Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses")[1][2][3][4] is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives, it can be called a group marriage.
In contrast, monogamy is marriage consisting of only two parties. Like "monogamy", the term "polygamy" is often used in a de facto sense, applied regardless of whether the state recognises the relationship.[n 1] In sociobiology and zoology, researchers use polygamy in a broad sense to mean any form of multiple mating.
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In my country polyandry is not allowed and polygyny has conditions.
In Iran if a man marry another woman without his wife's consent, his first wife can go to the court and take her divorce from her husband (without his allowance and either his consent) and also takes the half of the wealth of her husband. Therefore, it’s not easy for men to marry several wives at a time.
Bahut hahut shukriya Eman! My son is still complaining from his tooth. We will go to the dentist again and when I am back I shall give you my reply to that nice intervention. These days, we are busy with life problems. Thanks for your comment on Polygamy.
Mutashakirim Darius! I am going to pray Duhur prayer and when coming back I shall reply to your nice intervention on Polygamy.
Mashkoora ya SNR! Thanks for your nice and beautiful comment. I shall come back to reply to it. Thanks again for that comment on Polygamy.
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