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Yes, a Muslim man can marry more than one wife (up to four) per Islam religion. Islam religion limited the number of wives to be married by a Muslim to four and imposed conditions on marrying more than one wife. The most important condition is to be just and fair in treating his wives and to afford offering good standard for their living. Islam allows also the wife to seek divorce when feeling injustice. On the other hand, Islam strictly forbids fornication or having sex with any woman without marriage per religion.

It is worth to mention that having more than one wife (called polygamy) was the world wide marriage rule before Islam even among prophets. Polygamy was never forbidden in any holy book or per any religion. Polygamy is forbidden either by the Church of some Christian denominations (not all) or by civil laws of some countries. However, Islam religion is the only religion that explicitly in Quran holy book limited the number of wives to four.

Refer to the related question below on polygamy in different religions.

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13y ago

In Islam men are the rulers. It's over-powerment, they do not have equality. But as you can see, have more than one wife is illegal in America, so it's only valid in Islamic Countries.

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Status of man and woman is equal in islam. So, men are not the rulers.

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10y ago

The overwhelming majority of Muslim men continue with one wife each. It is exceptional for a Muslim man to have more than wife (allowed up to four) and this is subject to specific conditions and rules. The first of which is to have acceptance of former wife (or wives) and second is to treat them equally without any discrimination. For example, assume that one is married to a woman that proved she can't give birth to a child and the man likes to have a child, then in this case and per approval of his wife he can marry a second wife but on condition to be fair between the two wives and treat them equally in all aspects of family daily life. Another case that a widow that can't raise her children on her own, in this case a married man may offer to marry her and help her in raising up her children but again subject to approval of her former wife and subject to treating both wives equally. In conclusion, it is a license for a Muslim man to marry more than one wife; up to four; but limited to certain conditions.

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13y ago

Yes, a Muslim man can marry with more than one wife up to four but subject to conditions.

However, secular laws that limit a man to only one wife take precedence in most countries.

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14y ago

Sharia Law allows them to.

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i don’t know

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