Re: Polygamy and Islam
If the second potential wife is being told that the potential husband already has a first wife, then she is being given a choice, a choice to go into a marriage with a man who already has another wife.
The first wife, if she is not being told of this, is not being given this choice if her permission/approval is not required for her husband to take on a second wife.
Doesn't that make it so that there is injustice between the two right from the get go as the first wife was given no such choice while the second wife was?
If someone could explain this, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks
Now that is a very interesting angle. A definite logical contradiction. You can't take on the second wife and not tell her about the first one, because that would be blatant violation of rights.
So, if you can give the second a choice, surely the first needs to get a choice as well, because the Quran says you must treat the wives equally.
I congratulate you. I think this logical contradiction has thrown OUT the option of not giving your first wife the choice of being in the marriage in the first place.