Islam Question and Answer - Plural marriage and fair treatment of co-wives

Tue 4/12/1429 - 2/12/2008

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Fiqh of the family

Plural marriage and fair treatment of co-wives

1		Should he allocate time to a wife who is menstruating or in nifaas?.	111871
2		Going to the house of the second wife on a day or night that is not hers.	106513
3		Obligation of treating co-wives fairly and some of the rules on travel for men with more than one wife.	102446
4		Does a man have to treat his co-wives equally in terms of gift-giving and intimacy?.	13268
5		Women leading prayers .	14247
6		How can he treat his two wives fairly? .	10091
7		If a co-wife stays in the hospital or goes to visit her family, does she forfeit her right to a share of her husband’s time?.	99347
8		Is he sinning if he keeps one of his wives with him and sends the other back to his homeland?.	98388
9		His country forbids plural marriage and he wants to marry a second wife with the permission of her brother but not her father.	98354
10		Praying behind a sufi imam.	93150
11		Getting married with the intention of divorce and the bad consequences of that.	91962
12		She is very anxious because the second wife may inherit the same as her.	88197
13		He regrets his first marriage and wants to take a second wife.	85239
14		Misyaar marriage: definition and rulings.	82390
15		His wife is pregnant and he wants to marry a second wife; should he delay the marriage contract?.	82443

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