Originally posted by: Sea-stars
Can Muslim women too marry four times if men can do so?
In those times marrying multiple women was common like we hear kings used to have 100s queens all over the world. So Islam restricted it to four. So wasn't a big deal then ..so there r three rules
1.In those times war was common leaving many widows n orphans which led to rise of prostitutions in society. So Islam allowed widow remarriage which was way ahead of its time .
2.If a wife is sick n can't maintain sexual relationship n bore children then it was allowed.
3. If someone is having affair outside then better marry so child bore out of illegitimate relationship could be legal.
Women never had desire of multiple men nor men needed protection or had fear of getting pregnant or pushed in prostitution.
So technically it was allowed in those times n shouldn't be allowed in today's age. Like in Hinduism too there is no limit of how many wife one can have. But Hindu marriage act prohibits multiple marriage but Muslim personal law is allowed. That's why Dharmendra converted to Islam n married hema.
Edited by naaznin - 5 months ago
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