Polygamy
Polygamy has always existed among practically all ancient cultures, and India is no exception. Indian mythology is replete with stories of polygamous kings, the most prominent of them being Dashrath and Krishna. Arab culture, too, was inherently polygamous. But Islam capped the number of wives a man could simultaneously have to four. The Qur’anic injunction concerning polygamy that we find in Surah anNisa does not introduce polygamy; rather, it restricts it and make it conditional. The man is obliged by law to treat all his wives equally. And if he cannot do so, he is required to marry only one woman. Since the other ladies whom he would marry would necessarily marry him with their own free consent, there is no reason why any third person should have any problem with it. Societies which do not permit polygamy by law inadvertently promote promiscuity and licentiousness. The man then has multiple partners and extra marital affairs and live in relationships, but he is not allowed t