JAMB - Islamic Religious Knowledge Irk (2013 - No. 15)
The permission to marry up to four wives in Islam is aimed at
bearing more children
treating them equally
reducing the number of unmarried women
preventing adultery
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The verse most commonly referred to with the topic of polygamy is Verse 3 of Surah 4 An-Nisa (Women). A translation by Yusuf Ali is shown below:
If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.- Qur'an, Sura 4 (An-Nisa), Ayah 3
If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.- Qur'an, Sura 4 (An-Nisa), Ayah 3