Does he have to inform/ ask for permission from his 1st wife if he wishes to marry a second woman?
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Not sure about informing, but according to one of the views that I'm familiar with, a man does not need his first wife's permission before getting married for the 2nd time.
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Theres no religious ruling that a man must ask for PERMISSION from the first wife, but its more left to common sense that you should consult the first wife.
If he genuinely cares for her feelings then surely common sense dictates her permission must be sought if she is willing to share him with another woman. Otherwise he's only asking for trouble.
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I agree. It's better to ask and have it all cleared up rather than going behind her back.
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Well, if you look at the way he is supposed to treat his wife, then I'd say yes! AFter all, if she is good, isn't he supposed to give her love and respect? And if he would respect her, he would tell her! And also, you're not supposed to do to others what you don't want to be done to you, he should put himself in her position and think how she would feel.
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I once met a couple at a wedding about whom my cousin whispered to me that the guy had a second wife whom I had thought was another family member of theirs. They seemed happy and both wifes seemed to like each other. It is said in that strange case, it was the first wife who had said for one reason or another he could marry anotehr wife!
Personally, I could never be with a married man, I could never share him, not even as his first wife, I would want to be the only wife. I don't know, it seems weird when I think about that threesome I had met, even though it was halal.
My friends exhusband used to try to provoke her, by saying he would marry another woman and she said: 'Well, go ahead, you do that, then I will have a sister finally (she has no sisters) and I can go shopping with her!' That shut him up and he had to come up with something else to nagg her, lol!
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he has to treat them equally according to Islam...it is really not that possible so i don't think anyone can have two wives
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Yes. You need your first wife's permission.
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You dont necessarily NEED ur first wife's permission, but its good to ask her first..
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If you live in Pakistan, according to the law and what is on the nikkahnama, I believe you do need to have permission of the first wife. Now the maulvi's who devised that nikkahnama...were they on weed when they wrote that clause?
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Most of the us, would go to jail if we did that?
Islam rocks. Lucky men.
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he has to treat them equally according to Islam...it is really not that possible so i don't think anyone can have two wives
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So you mean to say all the illustrious leaders of Islam who had more than one wife did not live according to the principles of Islam. This is a new enlightenment.
I wonder what the cyber jihadis have to say for this comment...
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The illustrious leaders of Islam (haha, I presume you mean in the Prophet's day, cuz everything went downhill after that), also had qualities that today's men just don't have. Especially our desi uncles and so-called "men".
You know, like honesty, equity, justice, empathy, maturity, selflessness, etc...
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well..there were many reasons Prophet (pbuh&up) and his sahaba married other women…most important reason at the time was that widows also needed someone to support them..so i believe they also treated them equally
now the men just abuse this..i can’t treat two women equally so definately i can’t marry more then one women..if i marry another woman for lust or whatever sick reason then i believe i would get punished for it
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u enjoy twisting ppl’s words around…he nvr implied that.
in this day in age it is impossible for a man to treat their wives equally. Men cant even handle one woman let alone 3-4.
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As per Islamic Law you need not to take permission of first wife. But as per State law of some country like Bangladesh, Pakistan you need permission of 1st wife to marry second time.
Bringing the facts of the early age of Islam is not justified here.