polygyny

Submitted by Abdul Rahman Reijerink (Australia), Jun 6, 2006 at 09:45

Dear crusading king,

Does that mean that all the polygynous prophets are sinners in this regard? Abraham for example?

I am not a big fan of polygyny, so don't get me wrong, but lets face it, it was lawful at least some of the time in your religious tradition.

Islamic opinion comes down heavily in favour of the type of relationship you describe (one pair of humans) as ideal. but lets face it, polygyny is rife in most societies, it just goes under a different name where the additional women usually have no rights as married women, and the rights of the married ones are neglected and transgressed. affairs etc... Islam is a realistic religion, it recognises people for what they are, so it regulates the practise. It is still considered to be the mark of a man with weak faith if he "needs" more than one wife. There are other reasons too but I am not going to go into them as my intention here is not to say what a great institution polygyny is, because it is not, especially in this era of history.

please don't respond with comments about the prophets multiple wives as it explicable, do some real research first. If you don't agree with the comments in the research then get back to me.

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