Man marries four women to prove ex-wife wrong

I found this in one of my mailboxes... and was wondering whether it is so easy to practice polygamy in Saudi Arabia...!

Man marries four women to prove ex-wife wrong

A Saudi man married four women at the same time just to prove his ex-wife was wrong when she told him no other woman would marry him.

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The Saudi woman had thought her 23-year-old ex-husband was bluffing when he told her he would marry four women at the same night to show she was mistaken, the Arabic language daily Alwatan reported on Wednesday.

“He fulfilled his promise and married four women at the same time and in one night just to vex his ex-wife,” the paper said.

It quoted the unidentified man from the southwestern province of Asir as saying he divorced his first wife because their marriage was a total failure.

“After I divorced her a few months later, she defied me and said that I will not be able to marry again as no other woman will accept me,” he said. “I replied by swearing to her that I will marry four at the same time and in one night.”

Alwatan said the man paid his four new wives around SR80,000 (Dh78,000) as dowry (money paid by bridegrooms to their brides under Islamic law).

The man also paid SR10,000 (Dh9,900) in expenses for his honey moon, the paper added, without making clear if the honey moon involved all the four.

Under Islamic law, Muslim men can have four wives at the same time and such an edict has given rise to polygamy in the oil-rich Gulf.

Comments

vina (guest) 29 September 2010 19:56
Islam gave men the right to mary four wives but it is also precise about the purposes of marriage which definitely doesn't include vexing the ex-wife. I am also wondering what kind of women accepted to marry him with this conditions?

Olga (guest) 29 September 2010 19:41
Four wives is adultery, no better that someone cheating.

Truth Detector (guest) 29 September 2010 18:36
That man is actually living in adultery.

Moiz (guest) 29 September 2010 16:21
'Without making clear if the honeymoon involved all the four'. Ha ha! Should definitely find this out.

Mohammed Ali (guest) 29 September 2010 16:19
Muslim men can have four wives at the same time and such an edict has given rise to polygamy in the oil-rich Gulf. At least polygamy is better compared to what happens in USA, UK, Europe. They cheat their wives by having extramarital affairs. That is better or this is better? Swapping of wives is good or to have two wives is better?

Saaima Mukhtar (guest) 29 September 2010 16:00
It is people like these that make a mockery out of the Shariah law permitting polygamy. May Allah Ta'ala guide us all.

abdulla (guest) 29 September 2010 12:50
Man, I really must find this guy's traveling agency for this honeymoon trip

more comments from here:

• Hope (guest) 5 October 2010 02:31
   I hate men. I think they should be used for breeding purposes and manual labor only. stupid creatures and very nearly worthless.
• Jzee (guest) 4 October 2010 10:05
  I think for this man, marriage was not his concern. Proving his ex-wife wrong was his only goal and that calls for "Selfishness". I would like to know whats his next move.
• Someone Else (guest) 3 October 2010 14:09
  However, Islam does not allow marrying up to 4 wives for such stupid reasons as those mentioned above. Therefore do not dare mention that such things are allowed by Islam. What this man has done is completely wrong and against Islam. Indeed, it is such fools as this idiot who give Islam a bad name. And nowhere is it written that instead of committing adultery you should go and start marrying wives. That is also wrong. Control your emotions, men.
• Someone Else (guest) 3 October 2010 14:02
  There is a misconception I think needs to be made crystal clear. Islam allows upto four wives in marriage at the same time BUT, a very big BUT, in the presence of a number of situations. If a wife is barren, Islam allows a person to marry another wife so as to have children if and only if the first wife agrees to this. If a wife has a disability (such as being blind) then it is allowed. If a wife is grieviously ill and there are children to be taken care of.
• Bjorn Solstad (guest) 2 October 2010 18:11
  As far as I know from reading scientific research on the subject, women have a much bigger capacity when it comes to the sexual life. So, logically it would make more sense for them to have several partners than for men. On the other hand, you have the problems surrounding who is the father and the legal difficulties surrounding it. One partner is far easier to handle than four.
• Kawash (guest) 2 October 2010 11:24
  I wounder how anybody can cope with more than one wife!!!!!
• Jay Crockett (guest) 2 October 2010 01:44
  Polygamy is on the wane in Saudi Arabia ... not on the rise.. The birth rate has also fallen in the past decade from 7 children on average to 3 children.
• ezlvi (guest) 30 September 2010 23:13
  Come on...in todays world, what difference does it make, if a man marries 4 women or a women marry 4 men???...just hope that he doesnt divorce these 4 women and marry another 8!!!!!..there are other men in this sea also, they need women also!
• Alan Drake (guest) 30 September 2010 17:11
  Since it is natural for there to be about one boy to be born for one girl, and in healthy circumstances, they should grow to adulthood in roughly equal numbers, polygamy will leave many men alone in their lives. Polygamy is a good solution after a bloody war, where many more young men than women die. But in most of the world, most of the time, it appears harmful to society if more than a few men have multiple wives.
• nigoro kawasaki (guest) 30 September 2010 16:03
  Another crazy man in a long line of others.
• ripoata (guest) 30 September 2010 14:23
  Hmmm..if he goes to such extremes to prove his ex wrong, it sounds as though he is still in love with her. Her opinion obviously is very important to him.
• Saaima Mukhtar (guest) 30 September 2010 08:47
  Mr Ali and Mr Mohammad Ali, I am not disputing the permissibility of polygamy at all. This man married 4 women *only* to prove his ex-wife wrong. Is that right?
• Rastus (guest) 30 September 2010 07:54
  Ali, you state that "as men were made biologically to have a variety of mates". Then why did God create Adam and ONLY ONE EVE. God did not create Adam, Eve, Sharon, Jane and Joan to satisfy Adam's "biological need to have more than one mate". For men, its called SELF CONTROL - which is sadly lacking in today's world.
• Ali (guest) 30 September 2010 02:56
  Saima Mukhtar. Having four wives and changing them is better than commiting adultery to meet biological needs as men were made biologically to have a variety of mates (while women were made to have one mate only).
• Anonymous (guest) 29 September 2010 21:51
  Adultery is defined as extramarital sex, so technically, this is not adultery. But I do agree that the four wives thing is a bit crazy.
• vina (guest) 29 September 2010 19:56
  Islam gave men the right to mary four wives but it is also precise about the purposes of marriage which definitely doesn't include vexing the ex-wife. I am also wondering what kind of women accepted to marry him with this conditions?
• Olga (guest) 29 September 2010 19:41
  Four wives is adultery, no better that someone cheating.
• Truth Detector (guest) 29 September 2010 18:36
  That man is actually living in adultery.
• Moiz (guest) 29 September 2010 16:21
  'Without making clear if the honeymoon involved all the four'. Ha ha! Should definitely find this out.
• Mohammed Ali (guest) 29 September 2010 16:19
  Muslim men can have four wives at the same time and such an edict has given rise to polygamy in the oil-rich Gulf. At least polygamy is better compared to what happens in USA, UK, Europe. They cheat their wives by having extramarital affairs. That is better or this is better? Swapping of wives is good or to have two wives is better?