Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. it is present in human societies since the very beginning, and was practiced in many parts of the world.
Any man who wishes to take a second wife also has to meet the important condition of fair treatment of all his wives. this includes the requirment to treat wives equally, and anyone who is unable to do so should marry only one wife. Equal treatment includes all social, economical and physical needs. It is very difficult for human beings to be completely fair.
There is some wisdom i belive that why plogomy should be carried out as:
If we restricted men to having only one wife, then there would be many women without husbands. Especially, when a woman is divorced or she becomes a widow, at times it is very difficult for her to remarry. In permitting polygamy, there is a solution to this problem. These women will have someone to look after their social and economic needs.
In Western society, it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and lead a protected life.
At times, the woman may not be able to fulfil the physical needs of her husband due too illness. By permitting polygamy, the door of extra-marital affairs is closed.
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