Accorrding to the doctrrine that your holy book says. I have heard of some marrying 89 wives is this also okay with the muslim world?

DONkollione:

Accorrding to the doctrrine that your holy book says. I have heard of some marrying 89 wives is this also okay with the muslim world?

Thanks for the question:

The Quran(translated) states:

", Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly [with them], then only one, " Q 4:3

The above verse permits a man to take more than one wife on the condition that he can deal justly with them. So justice between wives is a precondition to marry more than one.

The limit for a muslim man is 4 wives.

How can one man marry more than one wife. Can L♥√ع still be described in that kind of marriage

DONkollione:

How can one man marry more than one wife. Can L♥√ع still be described in that kind of marriage

This offers a practical solution to some of the societal problems.

For example, In war torn regions of Africa, there are many widows caught in tough financial conditions because they have to take care of their kids alone. The Islamic model offers them Justice in a family environment. In the African American community in the U.S., there are so many men in prisons that the ratio of men to women is unfavourably skewed. We have many women without husbands and end up being mistresses and 'baby mamas'. It is a practical solution to problems societies face.

Also, Islamically a man provides for his family, Whatever a woman earns belongs to her and she has the freedom to do whatever she wants with it.

A muslim woman who doesn't want to be in a polygamous marriage can include the condition in her marriage contract. With that in her contract, her husband can not take more wives.

The Quran states:

"Live with them (your wives) on a footing of kindness and equity. If you dislike them it may be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed a great deal of good" (Quran 4:19).

Prophet Muhammad gave a similar instruction:

" A believing man must not hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her traits he will be pleased with another" (Muslim).

The Prophet has also emphasized that the best Muslims are those who are best to their wives:

"The believers who show the most perfect faith are those who have the best character and the best of you are those who are best to their wives" (Tirmidthi).

However, Islam is a practical religion and recognizes social problems.

You can direct your questions to this thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-802617.0.html

So how come Muhammad has 13 wives

Muhammad's wives were the eleven or thirteen women married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslims refer to them as Mothers of the Believers (Arabic: Ummahāt ul-Muʾminīn). Muslims use the term prominently before or after referring to them as a sign of respect. The term is derived from Quran 33:6:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad's_wives

frosbel:

So how come Muhammad has 13 wives

Muhammad's wives were the eleven or thirteen women married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslims refer to them as Mothers of the Believers (Arabic: Ummahāt ul-Muʾminīn). Muslims use the term prominently before or after referring to them as a sign of respect. The term is derived from Quran 33:6:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad's_wives

Do you really want an answer or are you trolling?

tbaba1234:



Do you really want an answer or are you trolling?

that was a clear and fair question. Why are muslims allowed 4 wives max and mohammad had 13?

davidylan:

that was a clear and fair question. Why are muslims allowed 4 wives max and mohammad had 13?

The answer has been provided here : https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-802617.64.html

The answer is only useful for people who are willing to know>>>

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U as a normal human being with a good heart can u marry 13 wives? should we call this one love or the quest for intimacy? huh?

DONkollione:

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U as a normal human being with a good heart can u marry 13 wives? should we call this one love or the quest for intimacy? huh?

That is a shallow view of the circumstances.

This is one of the most beautiful things about the prophet, he shows his humanity and love. Please read about the prophet, I have already answered the question on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-802617.64.html. Id just paste it here.


Thank you so much for this question. whenever i think of the prophet's marriages. I get emotional because this is one of the reasons why the Quran describes him as a 'mercy to the worlds'.

The prophet married for the first time at 25 years to khadijah (40), a divorcee with children. He was married to khadijah in mecca, where the muslims were still being oppressed. The marriage lasted for 25 years until khadijah died. After the death of khadijah , he remained single for two years, before getting married to sawdah, an average aged woman in order to honour her, because she was the first widow in islam. In fact, apart from aisha, his other wives were either widows or divorced and many were older than him. The marriages of the prophet were mainly for social and political reasons. Let me illustrate below:

1. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the world as an ideal model for mankind, and he was in all aspects of his life. Marriage in particular is a striking illustration. He was the kindest, most loving and charitable husband. He had to undertake all stages of human experience and moral tests. He lived with one wife and with more than one, with the old and the young, with the widow and the divorcee, with the pleasant and the temperamental, and with the renowned and the humble. But, in all cases be was the epitome of kindness and consolation, and so designated to experience all the different aspects of human behavior and situations. This could not have been a physical pleasure; it was a moral trial as well as a human task, and a hard one too.

2. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to establish morality and assure every Muslim of security, protection, moral integrity and a decent life. His mission was put to the test in his life and it did not stay in the stationary form of theory. As usual, he took the hardest part and did his share in the most inconvenient manner. Wars and persecution burdened the Muslims with many widows, orphans and divorcees. They had to be protected and maintained by the surviving Muslim men. It was his practice to help these women become resettled by marriage to his Companions. The Companions rejected some women and so some of those women sought his personal patronage and protection. Realizing fully their conditions and sacrifices for the cause of Islam, he had to do something to relieve them. One course of relief was to take them as his own wives and accept the challenge of heavy liabilities. So he did so and maintained more than one wife at a time when it was no fun or easy course. He had to take part in the rehabilitation of those widows, orphans and divorcees because he could not ask his Companions to do things that he himself was not prepared to do or participate in. These women were trusts of the Muslims and they had to be looked after jointly. What he did, then, was his share of responsibility, and as always his share was the largest and heaviest. That is why he had more than one wife and more than any of his Companions.

3. There were many prisoners of war captured by the Muslims who were entitled to security and protection. They were not killed or denied their rights: human or physical. On the contrary, they were helped to settle down through legal marriages to Muslims instead of being taken as concubines and common mistresses. That also was another moral burden on the Muslims, which had to be shouldered jointly as a common responsibility. Here, again, Muhammad carried his share and took some responsibilities by marrying two of those captives.

4. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) contracted some of his marriages for sociopolitical reasons. His principal concern was the future of Islam. He was interested in strengthening the Muslims by all bonds. That is why he married the young daughter of Abu Bakr, his First Successor, and the daughter of `Umar, his Second Successor. It was by his marriage to Juwayriyyah that he gained the support for Islam of the whole clan of Bani Al-Mustaliq and their allied tribes. It was through marriage to Safiyyah that he neutralized a great section of the hostile Jews of Arabia. By accepting Mariyah, the Copt from Egypt, as his wife, he formed a political alliance with a king of great magnitude. It was also a gesture of friendship with a neighboring king that Muhammad married Zaynab who was presented to him by the Negus of Abyssinia in whose territory the early Muslims found safe refuge.

5. By contracting most of these marriages, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant to eliminate the caste or class system, racial and national pride and superiority, and religious prejudices. He married some of the humblest and poorest women. There was his marriage to Mariyah from Egypt, a Jewish woman of a different religion and race, and a Negro girl from Abyssinia. He was not satisfied with merely teaching brotherhood and equality: actions speak louder than words.

6. Some of the Prophet's marriages were for legislative reasons and to abolish certain corrupt traditions. Such was his marriage to Zaynab, divorcee of the freed slave Zayd. Before Islam, the Arabs did not allow divorcees to remarry. Zayd was adopted by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and called his son as was the custom among the Arabs before Islam. But Islam abrogated this custom and disapproved of its practice. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was the first man to express this disapproval in a practical way. So he married the divorcee of his "adopted" son to show that adoption does not really make the adopted child a real son of the adopting father and also to show that marriage is lawful for divorcees. Incidentally, this very Zaynab was Muhammad's cousin, and had been offered to him in marriage before she married Zayd. He refused her then, but after she was divorced he accepted her for the two legislative purposes: the lawful marriage of divorcees and the real status of adopted children. The story of this Zaynab has been associated in some minds with ridiculous fabrications regarding the moral integrity of Muhammad. These vicious fabrications are not even worth considering here (see Qur'an, 33: 36, 37, 40).

These are the circumstances accompanying the Prophet's marriages. For the Muslims there is no doubt whatsoever that Muhammad had the highest standards of morality and was the perfect model for mankind under all circumstances.

tbaba1234:

That is a shallow view of the circumstances.

This is one of the most beautiful things about the prophet, he shows his humanity and love. Please read about the prophet, I have already answered the question on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-802617.64.html. Id just paste it here.

By marrying 13 wives for himself? Killing many of their husbands and manipulating family members to take their wives?

davidylan:

By marrying 13 wives for himself? Killing many of their husbands and manipulating family members to take their wives?

You just love muslims, don't you?

tbaba1234:

You just love muslims, don't you?

their amazing ability to see "love and humanity" while deliberately causing pain and sorrow to others is unparalleled.

^I am genuinely concerned for your health David. You shouldn't continue like this- you are losing touch with reality!

@Davidylan: Convert Lagosshia by showing him where Jesus said he should be worshiped, as clearly as Satan said Jesus should worship him. If I can show you where Satan was demanding that Jesus should worship him, you should be able to show us where your God Jesus demanded that anyone should worship him.

you could have since yesterday have  new christians; Lagosshia and me to be ready for our first mid week church service by now. But no. You are too ignorant and pitiful to give support to Jesus. You let him down but you are haughty in empty arrogance as a failure to have the liver to talk. You should be ready to hear Jesus rebuke you on that day.

If you give Lagosshia the same opportunity to show you that your Lord is Allah and He demands that you worship Him otherwise your belief is nothing and your work is truly rejected, it would have been done in less than 5 minutes. It is right on the pages of the Quran, while you have to imagine your own, because it is not in the Bible. Instead whats in the Bible is that Jesus was a worshiper, just as his companions were worshipers.

with all of that, your mind still think that Jesus is who you should worship? Give me your reason if you are playing with full deck. lagosshia and me are waiting.

maclatunji:

^I am genuinely concerned for your health David. You shouldn't continue like this- you are losing touch with reality!

My 'short' stay on NL, Islam for muslim section, i have witness frosbel crusade, Aloy crusade, it is now David. he go soon tire.

^^^

Dats bcus una no dey hear word.


David bro no need of tryna convince, I still don't undeerstand weda allah sent him to earth to come and bleep women up n down.





Mk una no kill mε̲̣̣̣̥ abeg I dey talk my mind