Re: 4 wives???
I think, in Islam there is no restriction of number of marriages but you are allowed to have upto 4 wives at same time, and they are subject to the approval of first ones. (as far as i know).
But this condition had a background just like we are allowed to marry with our cousin sisters / brothers. when we tell this to other religions like sikhs, hindus, christans they find it very hard to belive that how can we marry our own blood they are just like borthers and sisters, so it was announced in islam due to some issue with guys marrying to other tribe and than it was said that should give first priority into own family , tribe and area than should go for other options.
So just like that , there are conditions for marriages, you are not allowed to marry 4 women just for enjoyment or fun, but for conversion to non muslim into mulism, to widow, to women with children to support etc etc. Which i think are reasonable reasons. But if we getting married to girls just cause we allowed to have 4 wives , i dont think it justifies it.
Also in arabic culture u must have seen king married to 30 women even now these days too, etc etc its not some thing like how we husband wife live. For his sexual desires he does Nikah , buy them house, give them all the facilites and moves on and i think divroce aswell, all kids from them get equal rights , i am sure he cannot visit his 30 wives equally ? so its sound sick but according to islam he is in Nikah with her and have fullfilled and provided what she required. so its some thing technical which i am sure we will find more answers here from ppls who have good knowledge of religion.
- i dont have much knowledge about religious matters, but i have read these things and discussed quite few times with friends and families.