Are you a Muslim? Can you explain why Muslims are allowed to be polygamous?

I reckon the main reason is that the more wives they have, the more children they get with the end result that there are more muslims to marry, have more wives, and breed more muslims. I have no problem with that. I do object to the way that they try & change everyone else to their way of thinking, and will not accept that other people believe in different religions and they are all right.

A lot of people, including some Muslims, question the logic of allowing Muslim men to have more than one spouse while denying the same ‘right’ to women. Let me first state emphatically, that the foundation of an Islamic society is justice and equity. Allah has created men and women as equal, but with different capabilities and different responsibilities. Men and women are different, physiologically and psychologically. Their roles and responsibilities are different. Men and women are equal in Islam, but not identical. Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verses 22 to 24 gives the list of women with who you can not marry and it is further mentions in Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verse 24 "Also (prohibited are) women already married"

yes i am a muslim thr r many reasons 4 dat....its 4 supporting...poor needy females...and ya thr is a conditons for that as well husband has to treat all of them equaly!

the answer is already given ..

i am not a muslim,their religion allows them to have 4 wives,if they are capable of looking after them.maybe the law was made incase the other 3 are barren or gives birth to girls only.

I am not a Muslim. I think they are allowed to do that because it is permitted in their religion. But if they have more than one wife, they must be able to support their other wives as well.

Religious debate is dynamic it will not end. A person of one religion will not understand cause and effect of other religion. In Muslim religion debate is not fair with other religious person. Everybody will try to strict on his own logic according to believe. I ownder to read that "...And divorce is not permitted in the Christian religion. Marriage to the Catholics is a very sacred sacrament..." that mean Christian is not divorce his wife or husband - I am learning a new things here.

I think that the Mormons are also allowed to have more than one wife i their religion and i can vaguely remember hearing of another religion also allowing more than one wife

my friend, you kown i am a chinese ,maybe there are a lot more women than men in muslim.

My brother in law and sister are muslim and they don't believe in that! Granted he's from Jordan and like anywhere in the world every culture/country has their own beliefs.

I am Muslim and I tell u why it was permitted to us 1400 yrs ago by our prophet to have more than 1 wife... When it were battles and many people martyrs in that...they allowed married men to fulfil the needs of the widows and their children to d osecond or third marriage but to only those who can fulfil the needs of them...no to those who r fond of to have many Wives...Even our prophet had more than 1 wives. That is wht I know... May u understand it better...

Restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not practical Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands (considering that America has twenty five million gays). There would be more than four million females in Great Britain, 5 million females in Germany and nine million females in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband. Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women living in USA, or suppose your sister happens to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The only two options remaining for her are that she either marries a man who already has a wife or becomes public property. There is no other option. All those who are modest will opt for the first. In Western society, it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and lead a protected life. Thus the only two options before a woman who cannot find a husband is to marry a married man or to become public property. Islam prefers giving women the honourable position by permitting the first option and disallowing the second. There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted limited polygyny, but it is mainly to protect the modesty of women.

no i m hindu no i cant explain but tell e ur opinion about kashmir

For Muslim men to have more than one wife is a permission which is given to them in the Quraan provided it is not done to satisfy lust but to meet social solutions and needs. This permission is given provided the person is capable of treating the wives equally. It is not an injunction. In the pre-Islaamic period, men used to have many wives. One person had 11 wives and when he became Muslim, he asked the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of God be upon him) "What should I do with so many wives?" and he said, "Divorce all except four." The Quraan says, "you can only marry 2 or 3 and up to 4 women if you can be equally just with each of them." Since it is very difficult to be equally just with all wives, in practice, most of the Muslim men do not have more than one wife. Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of God be upon him) himself from age 24 to 50 was married to only one woman, Khadeejah (May Allaah be pleased with her). In the western society, some men who have one wife have many extra marital affairs. A survey was published in "U.S.A. Today" (April 4, 1988, Section D) which asked 4700 mistresses what they would like their status to be. They said that "they preferred being the second wife rather than the "other woman" because they do not have the legal rights, nor did they have the financial equality of the legally married wives, and it appeared that they were being used by these men." Historically, all the prophets except Jesus, who was not married, had more than one wife. So this is not something which Islaam has started; in fact, Islaam regulated it. http://www.islamdoor.com/Frequently.htm

Polygamy is not something relavent to Muslims alone. In Sri Lanka the kings had a harem, and many aristrocrats also had harems. The one man one woman concept was brought to the country by the missionaries who came behind our British invaders. Even today, there is and imbalance in the ratio of females to males and as a result most females through want of affection fall prey to some man and remain as a mistress without any legal right to the mans property. Polygamy could be the answer to this problem in Sri Lanka. But as far as I know Polygamy allowed in Islam is not for a man to bring 10 beauty queens home, using your wealth as the tool. The intention behing the law is to provide security to women who may not be able to find a man. But in practice that may not be what is happening.

I can't say much about this topic because I am not a Muslim. I am not against Muslims or Islam but I think that polygamy shouldn't be allowed anywhere in the world.

its their custom....so they do it ...why are others concerned about them in this case only

Even i don't know.

dear madonna, why is it that even after such a comprehensive discusion on this topic where i being a muslim learnt so many factual details and references in the holy quran and inspite of so easy explanations and in full detail hardly leaving any scope of doubt esp by mashimaro and iliyas and others too, you are not able to grasp the answer. i will not elaborate the things now as it has been discused in all the possible details but like to add just one of my opinion that each women desire a good happy healthy life. even she wishes for having a family of her own, have a nice house, a good husband and kids calling her mom. she want to experiance that affectionate care which is shared between a mother and a child, a husband and a son. not necesarily she will go into bad practice if not married but she will be living hand to mouth with a respectable job or even if she is earning good then theres this always a security tension on her mind about protecting herself from the evil eyes. then what about her feelings and desires? isnt she human? what wrong has she done so as to outcast her from family society? tell me honestly u are a man . now do u prefer to live single througt ur life. tell honestly. islam permits polygyni but on the condition that the females are not married forcefully and equal care and status be given to each wives. also pls note. polygamy IS NOT COMPULSORY ITS ONLY A PREFERENCE THAT U SHOULD OPT FOR IF U R CAPABLE OF NURTURING THAT BIG RESPOSIBILITY in order to make good someones life. NOW even after this u are not able to get the point than i think i should answer your IQ!

Because Mohammad did not want to live by the laws of the Bible. So he changed it by so called writing the Quran so he could have more than one wife.