What's it like to have 18 wives?
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Peace on you …. Thank you for asking about my religion.\n1. Definition of Polygamy\nPolygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one\nspouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries\nmore than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries\nmore than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny is permitted; whereas polyandry\nis completely prohibited.\nNow coming to the original question, why is a man allowed to have more than\none wife?\n2. The Qur’an is the only religious scripture in the world that says,\n“marry only one”.\nThe Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the\nphrase ‘marry only one’. There is no other religious book that instructs men to\nhave only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the\nVedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does\none find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one\ncan marry as many as one wishes. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and\nthe Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.\nMany Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple\nwives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had\nseveral wives.\nIn earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished,\nsince the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few\ncenturies ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.\nPolygyny is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had\nthree wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice of polygyny\ncontinued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (960 C.E to 1030 C.E) issued an\nedict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries\ncontinued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of\nIsrael extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.\n(*Interesting Note:- As per the 1975 census of India Hindus are more\npolygynous than Muslims. The report of the ‘Committee of The Status of\nWoman in Islam’, published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that\nthe percentage of polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961\nwas 5.06% among the Hindus and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According\nto Indian law only Muslim men are permitted to have more than one wife. It is\nillegal for any non-Muslim in India to have more than one wife. Despite it being\nillegal, Hindus have more multiple wives as compared to Muslims. Earlier, there\nwas no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives\nallowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it\nbecame illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian\nLaw that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and not the\nHindu scriptures.)\nLet us now analyse why Islam allows a man to have more than one wife.\n3. Qur’an permits limited polygyny\nAs I mentioned earlier, Qur’an is the only religious book on the face of the earth\nthat says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase is the following verse from\nSurah Nisa of the Glorious Qur’an:\n“Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that\nye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one.”\n[Al-Qur’an 4:3]\nBefore the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygyny and\nmany men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit\nof four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women,\nonly on the condition that he deals justly with them.\nIn the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:\n“Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women....”\n[Al-Qur’an 4:129]\nTherefore polygyny is not a rule but an exception. Many people are under the\nmisconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one
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If you mean in all of history, King Solomon had over 700 wives and concubines as well.  That's the most I've heard of (correct me if I'm wrong.)
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There is not a specific number that you would say that above it you had too many partners. In life we are all looking for the partner that we will share our life with and until we find that partner we get to know other people and create relationships. If what you mean though is the scenario of having more than one partner at the same time then i am saying that more than one partner is too many.
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There are 18. You can learn more about them at the link below.
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I've had 4.  Now I'm married, so that number won't change.  My best friend has had 11 and my other friend has had 3.  We're all 25 but I'm the only one that's married, so I'm sure their numbers will increase.
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One of the condition that Quran allows more than wife is that you treat them equally. These verse were originally revealed regarding orphans, when there were many in the society and polygamy was required to have these girls to get a married life.\n"If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one" Quran 4: 3. \n\nBut Quran also states in another place that it is very difficult to treat equally\n"You are never able to be fair and just as between wives, even if it is your ardent desire: " Quran 4:129. \n\nSo there is an indirect reference to have only one wife but in rare circumstances more than one can be married. Sometimes when male population in a society is less than females, polygamy may be required to have all the women lead a family life.\n\nEdit:\nShe can of course persuade her husband if she do not like him having another wife or state a condition on marriage that he should not take another wife. I am from a muslim family, it is very rare for men to have more than one wife. Actually I don't know anyone in my family who have married more than one.
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Yes. More than one wife was allowed even in the bible.\n\nIn the old testament, if a man's brother got killed, you would be going him honor to marry his wife also and provide for both.\n\nIn the new testament, it did not really say it was wrong, it only said that minsters could only have on wife due to their other church duties.\n\nPolygamy in the Bible though was out of love and compassion though, not lust.\n\nOther cultures is also open to it.\n\nIf two can become one, than certainly three can become one....my wife would just love to have another women to share the joys and responsibilities with...she told me so.
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take the number of mormons + amt. of total Pee's and then divide by /the wives.
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wow! so many yes! i guess in society and culture section many who blast 4 marrage system in islam are just jealous christians!\n\n  even not all muslims have more than one wife. \n\n any way, from a country where it was allowed till some 60 years back, i can tell it only deteriorates families. it continuous peacefully when one of the wife has low self esteem or have no where else to go she compromises as atleast she has a roof over her head. when it comes to inheritence the situationm is worse.\n\n   ever heard of sati system in india? it was mostly in bengal. you know why ? in bengal hindu law of inheritance daybhag was applied. that meant the widow had a full right of her husbands property even if she had no child. in rest of india widow without child just had life interest in property. polygamy was rampant. so the result was youger wives were often forced to die on funeral pyre along with their husbands. you have no idea the downfall and problems such systems cause in society.\n\n  if you read history of mugals you will find how many brothers cut each others throats because every queen and her chldren claimed the throne as their right. \n    \n   other than that when some of partners will be emtionally and otherwise deprived of marital needs they are going to cause problems in families.\n\n your family system is already falling apart. are you looking for a last nail?
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4. A younger one every 8 years. There are man living such that they marry a younger women at least every 10 years. I think this is disgusting. \nMonogamy is a must. (i think marrried man with girlfriends are also disgusting). sorry.\nOne husband is enough for me.
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If I had seven husbands, I'd go back to breeding, but I don't know about all that bible sh!t.
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It is a matter of record that some of the OT people had many wives. But what is recorded in the Bible should not be confused with what is approved and commended in the Bible. Polygamy was never God's original intention for man.
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hey.. in islam .. men are allowed to have only 4 wives.. no more than that..\nbut nowadays rarely men marry more than 1 women...\nand that thing u wrote under ur question.. \nmen are NOT ALLOWED 2 HAVE MORE THAN 4 WIVES... him havin 10 and all those children ..is forbidden and wrong in islam..
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well you don't see like a guy  who is ready to settle down with just one lady, if you have 7 at the same time i will be sorry for each and one of them.\ni hope they see this and  leave you all alone cos you don't deserve to be with a woman, you can't respect a woman \nsorry
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they would kick him out I think\n\n85 wives ok, one boyfriend, nope\n\nI think I read that Brigham Young married a woman , then a week later married her sister, then a week later her mom and her aunt too. And he slept with em all too I think.\n\nMaybe things have changed since then. I guess it just appeals to my imagination.
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Yes and I actually had 5 women at one time too, my girlfriend at the time was OK with it cause it was her friends.  It was nothing that I expected.  Some did things the others wouldn't do.  While two of them were totally all for everything and anything.  Some of my threesomes were disappointing cause once they got going they seemed to be a little shy about it.  But others were all that. Not that I am complaining but when you get into a three some let nothing be barred and enjoy yourself.