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on what conditions is it allowed for a muslim to marry more than one wife?<\/p>","answer":"

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Praise be to Allaah.  <\/p>\r\n

Marrying more than one wife is a matter which is recommended, subject to certain conditions: that the man be financially and physically able for it, and that he be able to treat his wives justly. <\/p>\r\n

Plural marriage brings a lot of benefits, including protecting the chastity of the women whom he marries, bringing people closer together, and producing a lot of children. This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) referred to when he said: “Marry the one who is loving and fertile”. And it serves a lot of other purposes. But for a man to marry more than one wife by way of boasting and taking that as a challenge to prove himself, this is a form of extravagance and extravagance is forbidden. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): <\/p>\r\n

“and waste not by extravagance. Verily, He likes not al-musrifoon (those who waste by extravagance)”[al-An’aam 6:141]<\/em> <\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n

Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, from Kitaab Fataawa Islamiyyah, vol. 3, p. 205.<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-04-21T20:52:01.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-04-21T20:52:01.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":45,"parent_id":12536,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u062a\u0639\u062f\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0648\u062c\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0646","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-04-21"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/12537"}