Woman Between Islam and Western Society
7. Polygamy and Islam
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“surplus” women to lead lives of sexual anarchy
and social destruction. The former, on the other
hand, permits them to opt on their own free will for
marriage with anyone who can give fair treatment
to more than one wife.
NOTES
1.
Qur’an, 4:3.
2.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1984), vol. 7, p. 37.
3.
Ibid, vol. 14, p. 1102.
4.
Ibid, vol. 16, p. 137.
5.
Figures taken from
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1984).
6.
AI-Bukhari,
Sahih, Bab Ia Yunkihu al-Ab wa
Ghairuhu al-Bikra wath-Thayyiba illa bi Ridaha
(
Fath al-Bari,
9/157).
7.
Abu Dawud,
Sunan, Kitab an-Nikah,
2/232.
8.
Ad-Darimi,
Sunan, Kitab an-Nikah,
2/170.
9.
Ibn Kathir,
AI-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah,
7/153.
