Peacetv: A Call Towards Islam ASK DR.ZAKIR NAIK (Q) Can you enumerate the various conditions in which, ‘Polygamy’ is permitted? - This is from sister Samina Can you enumerate the various conditions in which, ‘Polygamy’ is permitted? (Dr. Zakir) The sister has asked… the sister has asked the question that - can you enumerate the vari¬ous conditions, in which Polygeny is permitted. The only condition which allows a man to marry more than one wife is that, he should do justice between the two wives. If he can do justice between the two or three or four wives that he has, he is allowed to take more than one wife - If he can not do justice he should suffice with only one wife. But there are several conditions, in which it is more advis¬able for a man to take more than one wife. One of the examples I gave is - because of the surplus women which can not find husbands, Islam has allowed Polygeny… to protect the modesty of the women. There are several other conditions - For example, suppose a young lady, she gets married, and within may be… or approximately a few months of her marriage, she has an accident, and she gets handicapped and she cannot satisfy the husband. The only option for the husband is, that he either keeps his first wife, who is handicapped and takes another wife, or divorces the first wife, and marries a new wife. I am telling you, suppose your sister happens to be that unfortunate lady, who gets handicapped - which would you prefer? Would you prefer your brother-in-law to divorce her, and to marry a new wife, or would you prefer your brother-in-law to keep that first wife, and to take another wife? There are situa¬tions in which the wife can become seriously ill - She can have a disease in which she will not be able to look after the children, or look after the husband. Under such conditions, it is more advis¬able that, that wife shares the husband with another lady, who will not only look after the husband… will also look after her, as well as the children. Many people may argue that... ‘Why can not you keep a maid servant or a nurse, who will look after the children?’ I do agree with you - You can very well keep a maidservant, who will look after your children and your wife - But who will look after you then? Very soon, that maidservant will start looking after you also. So the best option is, that you keep your first wife, and take another wife, and treat both of them equally. There can be conditions such as… after several years of marriage, you have got no children, and may be both the husband and wife, they yearn for the child. The wife can very well give permission to the husband, to marry another wife, and they can have more children. Some people may argue that... ‘Why do not you adopt a child?’ Islam does not allow adoption, for which there are several reasons, I will not go into. The only option remaining here is, that he either divorces the first wife, and takes another wife, if he wants children - or he keeps the first, and takes another wife, and treats them both of them equally - I hope these are sufficient reasons.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:53:32 +0000
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