Title: assalamualaikum my friend who is married to my relative wants to take secound wife and insist he is doing so as he is unable to get sexual satisfaction from first wife and afraid that it will lead him to zinna we r afraid that he will not be able to keep both of them happy and balance what is the ruling of sharia *can we stop him *who can decide what he is doing is right or not pl advice

Question: assalamualaikum my friend who is married to my relative wants to take secound wife and insist he is doing so as he is unable to get sexual satisfaction from first wife and afraid that it will lead him to zinna we r afraid that he will not be able to keep both of them happy and balance what is the ruling of sharia *can we stop him *who can decide what he is doing is right or not pl advice

Answer ID: 16025Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1730/D=244/K=1430)

In Islam, a Muslim man was permitted to marry up to four women at a time. If your friend fears to be involved in adultery and he does not get sexual satisfaction from his first wife, he may be allowed to have marriage with the condition mentioned in the Quran itself i.e. he is able to fulfil their rights with equality and justice, otherwise he should keep fast (to break the extra sexual feelings) or keep himself content with the first wife.