A lot of things Muslims do now and claim as Islamic rule is actually a culture that Islam curtailed or tried to perfect.

Let's talk polygamy.
Islam didn't come and say, "oh men, marry four wives"

No.
Polygamy was in existence, long before the coming of Islam.
Men married and kept concubines as their whims dictated.

And that's why we have the famous harems of the middle east.
Women were sexual beings, kept in harems, some married, some Mistresses, reduced to sexual objects and commodities.

Sexually deprived, casted out when deemed...
deemed unfit for their men.

Then Islam came and established that women were humans and can't be owned and kept laying around like pets.

Polygamy was already a culture, Islam only aimed to regulate the practice.

So that instead of finding a man keeping 30 women, he was...
He couldn't go more than 4, he couldn't also divorce them at ease, there were steps and procedures and rules (which we will one day discuss)

The Quran actually admonishes men to marry one wife, because it is better for them.

And if it must be polygamy, the 4 is the limit.
Think about siblings; most parents try, but we still know who they love most sometimes.

How can you in good conscience, think that you can do justice between very different, grown ass women?

And let's not forget that doing polygamy wrong attracts Allah's wrath.
It is much more than just marrying two, three, four women.

It is having to constantly rein in your emotions so no one feels less loved than the other, constantly checking your actions, your words and remembering that you really could go to hell because you want more women.
Polygamy isn't, has never been, and you people can NEVER turn it to a MUST in Islam.

It is a choice, an even less recommended choice.

Monogamy is a choice too.

And let everyone choose what they want, and may Allah make it easy.
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