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Second Marriage and Divorce

Q. Is it necessary for a man who wants to marry a second wife to first obtain his wife’s consent? What about divorce: Is the wife’s consent necessary for divorce to go ahead?


A. In neither case the wife’s consent is necessary for the other development to go ahead. It is a concession God has given Muslim men to marry more than one wife. Therefore, when a man feels that his circumstances make it desirable or useful that he should have another wife, he may go ahead and do so. The first wife may either accept the situation or ask for divorce if she feels unable to tolerate the situation