Why is a Man allowed to Marry 4 Wives in Islam? - Dr Zakir Naik
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Published 2020-09-26
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Questioner: My name is Laxmi, I am a journalist. Now the second question is; Muslim men are allowed to marry 4-5 times, I think. And they don’t require their wife’s permission, you know, the first wife’s permission to marry. I mean correct me if I am wrong to marry more number of times. So I actually don’t see any logic in this because I believe its one man…one woman that’s the institution of marriage. So please clarify. Thank you.
Dr Zakir Naik: Coming to your second question, in Islam men marry 4 times, 5 times and they don’t ask permission from the first wife, why? As far as Polygyny is concerned a man having more than one wife, Islam is the only religion and Qur’an in the only religious scripture on the face of the earth which says ‘marry only one’. There is no religious scripture besides the Qur’an, I am a student of comparative religion which says marry only one. There’s no verse in the Bible, no verse in the Bhagvad Geeta, no verse in the Veda which says marry only one except the Qur’an. If you read the Hindu scriptures in Ramaayan the father of Shri Ram how many wives did he have? How many wives?
Questioner: More than one.
Dr. Zakir: More than one, 3 wives. Fine… Shri Krishan according to Mahabharata how many wives did he have?
Questioner: Unlimited.
Dr. Zakir: not unlimited, you don’t know your scripture well.
Questioner: No.
Dr. Zakir: Did he have 4 wives? No.
Questioner: I have no idea.
Dr. Zakir: Not 4, not 100, not 1,000, 16,108 wives. How many wives he had? 16,108 so why can’t we Muslims have 4? What’s the problem? When Shri Krishna can have 16,108 wives why can’t we have 4?
Further if you read the Vishnu Purana ch no. 24 verse no. 1 it says
“A Brahmin can have up to 4 wives”
If you read the Jewish scriptures it gives you permission to have as many wives as you wish. If you read the Christian Bible it gives you permission to as many wives as you wish. If you read the Bible, Abraham had 3 wives. Solomon, how many wives did he have? He had 700 wives. It is later on, the Church has put a ban that Christian should marry only one, not the Bible. It is the Jewish community married more than one wife. It was in 1950 that Chief Rabbi, Passed the Synoid, that Jews should marry only one. So it is the Rabbi not the Jewish scriptures. And according to Hindu scriptures you can marry as many as you wish it is the Indian Government, in 1954 passed a law called the Hindu Special Marriage Act. Hindu Special Marriage Act which says Hindu should marry only one. It is not the religious scriptures, it is not Baghvad Geeta, it is not Ramaayan, it is not Mahabharata, it is not Veda it is the Indian penal court.
The Indian government which has passed a law in 1954 that Hindus should marry only one but according to the statistics of the status of the women in Islam.
If you read the government documents on page no. 66, 67 it says that Muslims do polygamous marriages, you know what’s the percentage in India? 4.3% How much? In India 4.3 % of the Muslim men do polygamous marriages. The statistics between 1951 to 1961 Hindus how many? 5.06, .7% more than the Muslims in India, according to the Indian government even though it is prohibited according to the Indian law yet they do more polygamous marriages than the…than the Muslims. Why?
Now let’s analyze what does the Qur’an say, Qur’an says in Surah Nisa Ch. 4 verse no. 3
“Marry women of your choice in twos, threes or fours but if you can’t do justice marry only one...
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All Comments (21)
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How to soften your heart? -Make more Dua. -Read more Quran & ponder it deeply. -Remember Allah often. (Dhikr) -Spend more time in sujood. -Seek forgiveness constantly. -Forgive as much as you can. -Do more charity. -Spend more time with elders & kids. -Purify your intentions.
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I see women hurt and heart broken because her husband marrys another women and treat her unequal! May Allah put that man through all the hells he ever created! Just because it's allowed doesn't mean it should be done!
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Please make Dua for our ummah, for the ones suffering and the ones that are being tortured and treated unjustly 😢😢
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Amount of the knowledge he has is amazing, I wonder how much of his life he’s and still spending on reading and research, may allah give him long life so that he could continue answering people’s questions:)
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I love how everyone smiles when Dr Zakir Naik stands up
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Benefits of Reciting Salawat:- 1) It is a means for the love of the angels, their support and their greetings 2) It is a means for his intercession صلى الله عليه وسلم 3) It leads to freedom from the hellfire and being safe from hypocrisy 4) It is a purification for his wrong actions 5) It leads to being near the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم on the Day of Resurrection 6) The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم returns the salaam of the one giving salaam 7) It erases wrong doings like water erases fire 8) One ṣalawāt wipes out sins for 80 years, the guardian angels do not record sins for 3 days 9) It is a means for salvation from the terrors on the Day of Resurrection 10) It brings the pleasure of Allah 11) The reciter will be under the shade of the Throne of Allah 12) The reciter won’t feel thirst on the Day of Resurrection 13) He will see his place in Paradise before he dies 14) It acts as charity 15) The one who recites 100 ṣalawāt daily will have 100 of his needs fulfilled; 70 in the Afterlife and 30 in this world 16) It increases the reciter in love for the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم These are just a few – there are many many other benefits listed by the Scholars.
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I like how well-knowledged he is about all the statistics on males and females, and how he differentiated between different religions and how they are intertwined with the law in India. However, I completely disagree with this, he did not answer the question at all, instead pointed at every other religion. It did not clarify at all why muslim men are allowed to marry 4 wives exactly, should have referenced all the right reasons as to why from the Quran and from the prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him). Instead, he made it look like women need to be protected even in our modern world (women do not need to get married to live a fulfilled life, it is not a NEED). Also, what bothered me the most and got me so frustrated is that WOMEN ARE NOT PUBLIC "PROPERTY" IF THEY AREN'T MARRIED!!! I am so shocked at how accepting the comments are of this, and how the whole entire audience was praising what he has mentioned (especially the women). I a muslim women who takes pride in my religion and find islam so beautiful and wholesome, and am always happy to learn even more about islam. I hope to get married one day and already highly appreciate how supportive Islam is at the idea of marriage (sunnat al hayah) and was extremely frustrated to hear this being said. It especially did because it is allowing an ongoing misrepresentation on women's perception in Islam, not helping put Islam in a positive light for both faith seeking muslims and non-muslims.
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mashaAllah! May Allah bless and protect you Dr.... I'm one of your great follower from Africa Kenya
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Good, practical answer with authentic official statistical data of ratio of women to men in USA and other countries . Great logic. I appreciate. Also I appreciate that it's not frequent and obligatory to marry 4 women .
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I just can't understand how can a wife be so open-hearted....like she's gonna share her husband with someone else....?
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I love how he is always answering in full sentences and that is cool
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MashaAllah I really love the way he explains things
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King Dashrath married 4 and Lord Krishna married 16108. At the same time , Dr Zakir Naik is correct about Qur'aan being having the verse for one wife.
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He doesn't say words with out having solution to it I really love his perching
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I'm just amazed at his knowledge normal person need thousands of years for this huge knowledge but MashaAllah he'd done it with just about 50 to 60 years...
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Let's face it, few guys would marry more than one female in order to protect them.
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It's better to be single than you hurt anyone and yourself that's a practical answer.
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On America, this is so true. We're expected to "put out" by a certain time when dating, usually very early in dating. No rights.
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The Bible says that a man leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. That is the standard!
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1 Timothy 3:2. “Now the overseer is to be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach…”
