Polygamy in Islam has restrictions
Hebah Gaballa
March 6, 2015
Dr. T. Vivian
Religious Studies 316
Polygamy, in general, came in the world before Islam came to be. There’s polygamy, polygyny, and polyandry. Polygamy means a spouse can have multiple spouses. Polyandry means a women can have multiple husbands. Polygyny means a man can have multiple wives. Polygyny would be the right term to use since it’s the only one allowed in Islam. In Islam, there are two types of marriages permitted, monogamy and limited polygyny. Limited polygyny comes with some restrictions stated in the Quran. In Islam, marriage is a sign of God’s power and glory. Marriage is completing half the faith. The Quran says “from His signs is that He has created for you spouses from yourselves so that you may get peace [and tranquility] through them; and He placed between you love and mercy. In these are signs for the people who reflect” (Surah Ar- Room, 30:21). Ideally, monogamy is the main form of marriage in Islam. Polygyny is a provision in marriage that comes with restrictions and certain circumstances. The majority of Muslim men are in monogamous marriages. Polygamy didn’t first exist in Islam. It had existed long before Islam came in the world. The Bible says that, the grandson of Adam, Lamech, “took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah” (The Book of Genesis, 4:19). In the earliest days in human history, polygamy has existed. Besides
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The people that practice this religion are not oppose to marrying more than one wife. In the Quran, it states that a man is allowed to marry up to four wives. It also states that if a man does marry multiple wives there are rules that he must obey. The first is the original wife or the first wife must agree to let her husband take another wife. Secondly, if the man takes up multiple wives he must provide for the both of them. Meaning if they don't all live together and one of the wives live in a separate home, this newlywed husband must pay the bills for two households. Lastly, if the man cannot afford his wives he is then only allowed to have
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Polygamy refers to marriage in which there is more than one spouse(poly means many, and gamy means marriage),
Joseph Smith dictated a revelation concerning plural marriage. He bought the act forward as a requirement from God (Jacobson 2015). In the present day Mormon religion they have in fact denounced their support of “plural marriage” after the congressional act to ban the practice, but there are still subgroups of the religion that still practice it. In addition to the religious backing of polygamy, there are reasons that individuals chose to practice it. It increased the profitability of children, especially when a wife is barren of gives birth to female children. An increase in the labor supply within a kinship network. You can deal with the problem of surplus women. It expanded the range of a man’s alliances so he is able to maintain or acquire a position of leadership. Lastly, it can also provide sexual satisfaction to men (Bailey 2015). Religions to date that practice polygamy are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormons, Muslims, and Apostolic Untied Brethren. Polygamy was tied to religion many years ago because many of the early founders believed that it was very much related to God, and that it would be of his will and liking to have more than
In fact, monogomy is so normal in our society that polygomy is against the law, and adultery is a felony. Western society fully accepts that marriage and serious relationships are exclusive. To act against this by having multiple partners (whether all involved parties are informed or not) is objectionable legally and socially. However, it is believed that it is against human nature to have romantic and sexual feelings for only one person, explaining why divorce is so common in western society. Polygamous communities and relationships are ostracized and often mocked in the form of television programs and news stories. Monogomy is a practice so conventional in today’s society that submitting to any desires against it is socially and legally
Polygamy is all religion based. A man or woman's significant other is chosen for them most of the time. In some cases, the significant other could be a cousin or another member of the family. However, the man or woman that is in that situation does not have a choice. He or she has to get married to their chosen spouse with no argument.
Western world convention dictates, primarily through religious teachings, that a marriage should be comprised of one male and one female. Polygamy is legal in some countries, under Islamic law, and in some African nations. Based upon their religious and cultural foundations, the system of polygamist marriages has stood successfully for centuries in those countries.
Polygamy is the practice of or custom of having more than one husband or wife at a time. Polygamy happens everywhere in the world. Polygamy consists of abnormal lifestyles that non polygamist find unappealing. Most relationships consist of an older man with an extremely younger girl. Some even get arrested for molesting young girls. The men of the order think that abusing and neglecting their women and children is normal and acceptable. Most of the polygamist men in any of the orders have well over twenty wives and hundreds of children. They believe in having many women and children because to them it is the only way to get to the highest degree of glory for them. Some polygamist groups are so huge that many of them are well known across the
Polygamy is the practice of being married to more than one person simultaneously; also known as plural marriage. “Traditionally, polygamy has been practised in Hindu, Islamic, and Christian (Mormon) societies, among others” (Chittom) Polygamy is illegal in the united states, however it is still practiced. In fact, polygamy is becoming more widespread. According to the Daily Beast, “In 2001, only 7 percent of Americans deemed polygamy morally acceptable. Now 16 percent find it morally acceptable. (Allen) Plural marriage is becoming more popular. “Rough estimates place the polygamous population in the U.S. is somewhere between 50,000 to 100,000 people” (Allen) Even though plural marriage is illegal in most 1st world countries, “Polygamy remains a common practice
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There are not very many people that practice polygamy and those that don’t practice polygamy do not support it. Polygamist does not follows the norms in society nor do they practice traditional marriage. Polygamy has been documented in the bible, but men like Abraham, or Jacob had two or more wives. Often those that practice this form of marriage are often religious and believe that they will ascend to a higher place after death by reproduction and teaching their children
Wow, I heard of the term Polyandry but I never paid attention to what it meant until you mentioned it in your discussion post. I wonder if there is such a term for sisters who may share one husband, I should look that up. I was not so surprised to find out that they do this for economic reasons and to preserve the family. They may also hold the belief that it is too expensive to have separate weddings too. This almost reminds me of the Caste system, except in India, the families who are seeking a husband for their daughter seek a family with few children. They marry their children to families that have few children so that they do not have to think about the opposite family having financial issues because they have many children to provide for and weddings to fund.
Normal marriage would me monogamy, which consist only two partners. Polygamy marriage can include a man married to more than on wife at a time, or a woman married to more than on husband at a time. People who wants to have polygamy marriage lifestyle are commonly married to one spouse and cohabitating with the other spouses since polygamy is illegal in the U.S. Polygamist families tend to make up a very small portion of American household. Polygamy is officially and broadly practiced in more than eight hundred societies worldwide. It has been the focus of a substantial augmentation in public, political, and academic awareness throughout the last two decades. A number of research papers came out all through this time, primarily focusing on the influence of polygamy on behavioral, emotional, and educational alteration of children.
Polygamy is the “practice whereby a person is married to more than one spouse at the same time” (Zeitzen 2008, 3)