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A refutation to Bro Yaseen - Polygamy is allowed in 4 23

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    san
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    Peace,

    But with 423 and 4129 do you still think polygamy is not allowed ?

    But with 4129 do you still think polygamy is encouraged ?

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      sarah2505
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      What reason can there be to allow already married men to marry those women, when there are single men available?

      I would assume that there was an excess of available men compared to the number of available women considering the possible demographic of that region.

      Please see my other thread for details.

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        afridi220
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        What reason can there be to allow already married men to marry those women, when there are single men available?

        I would assume that there was an excess of available men compared to the number of available women considering the possible demographic of that region.

        Please see my other thread for details.

        The reason polygamy already existed at that time, now why are youj ealous??

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          warner
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          Peace San

          4129 is clear indication of polygamy but it refers to the case of being unfair to one which sould not be the case. 43 instructs if you can not be fair not to marry more than one.

          Peace Sarah

          From which verse did this single men come from ? Any way the assumption of single men being available is information outside the Quran which you can not use as argument against the clear message allowing polygamy in the Quran.

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            san
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            Peace San

            4129 is clear indication of polygamy but it refers to the case of being unfair to one which sould not be the case. 43 instructs if you can not be fair not to marry more than one.

            And you will never be able to be equal between the ladies... That'd always be the case with polygamy, if i were to read 4129 literally. The rest of the verse suggest the best compromise one can take. Then...

            4130 And if they separate, Allah will enrich each from His abundance. And ever is Allah Encompassing and Wise.

            If it weren't for the children (btw yatama means "fatherless" and not "parents-less"--please contrast that of 43 to that of 4127 where yataman-nisa is specifically addressed) then i had no idea why one should get into polygamy in this world.

            Oh yeah. Pretty youth is one of the most common reasons--at least that's what i usually see...

            Peace

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              sarah2505
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              From which verse did this single men come from ? Any way the assumption of single men being available is information outside the Quran which you can not use as argument against the clear message allowing polygamy in the Quran.

              Did you even read my other thread? I am not referring to verses, I am asking a question about the possible demographic of that area.

              There were high rates of maternal mortality, right?

              There was female infanticide, right?

              What do you think is the result?

              Is it a 'clear' message that polygamy is allowed for any individual with the exception of the Prophet Muhammad? And if it were, why is it also discouraged?

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                sarah2505
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                Oh yeah. Pretty youth is one of the most common reasons--at least that's what i usually see...

                Peace

                ???

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                  san
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                  ???

                  You know what i mean.

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                    warner
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                    Peace Sarah

                    I couldn't read your other thread still. Will read it soon.

                    Why do you say excluding the Prophet ?

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                      sarah2505
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                      Peace Sarah

                      I couldn't read your other thread still. Will read it soon.

                      Why do you say excluding the Prophet ?

                      because there is a verse in the Quran (don't remember where), where it refers to the 'wives' (plural) of the Prophet

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                        sarah2505
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                        Any way the assumption of single men being available is information outside the Quran which you can not use as argument against the clear message allowing polygamy in the Quran.

                        False. There is a verse in the Quran (don't remember where) that says that they should not kill their female children. That indicates it was common practice, and even if not common, it happened often enough to warrant a verse condemning it.

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                          warner
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                          Peace San

                          Good argument. But the problem I see is that the clause is qualified by...even if it is your ardent desire( were very careful),...

                          and continued with ..."; so do not sway too greatly and leave her as one hanging in a void. "

                          If the verse ended with " you will never be able to be equal between the ladies" then your argument is valid but it has a qulaifier and a continuation. One can take up the argument

                          Clueless on the pretty youth

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                            sarah2505
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                            You know what i mean.

                            I honestly don't ???

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                              warner
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                              Sarah,

                              Its the verse "Oh wives of the Prophet"...it occurs more than once

                              Killing the women does not mean less women. We can use outside factors only if the message in the Quran can not be understood. But polygamy is clearly allowed in the Quran . So outside assumption even if it is correct can not over rule the clear verse.

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                                warner
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                                Peace San

                                What is your evidence to say that Orphan means fatherless and not parentless ?

                                Need something better than the distorted dictionary

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                                  afridi220
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                                  orphans and widows are terms used to describe paragraph spacing in word-processing.

                                  If a paragraph runs onto two pages the lines on the bottom of the first page are referred to as orphans and the lines on the top of page two are referred to as widows.

                                  Any way orphan mean a motherless or fatherless or parentless police

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                                    sarah2505
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                                    Killing the women does not mean less women.

                                    yeah

                                    Say there are 52 boys born, and 48 girls. Of those 48 girls, say 5 are killed as infants. The kids then grow up and are now in their twenties. Do you not have more boys than girls?
                                    This is very simple arithmetic.

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                                      sarah2505
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                                      orphans and widows are terms used to describe paragraph spacing in word-processing.

                                      If a paragraph runs onto two pages the lines on the bottom of the first page are referred to as orphans and the lines on the top of page two are referred to as widows.

                                      offtopic

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                                        sarah2505
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                                        We can use outside factors only if the message in the Quran can not be understood. But polygamy is clearly allowed in the Quran . So outside assumption even if it is correct can not over rule the clear verse.

                                        nope, it isn't. If it was, it wouldn't be debatable, and you wouldn't have so many verses discouraging it, that can be taken as something that was common practice/ traditional at that time, without being Quranically justified, like the verses telling people to 'free the slaves.'

                                        It doesn't mean that slavery is 'allowed but discouraged' in the Quran, but it's setting a precedent to bring about, over time, a situation where slavery is eradicated.

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                                          warner
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                                          Peace Afridi

                                          Thanks for the update on the WP jargon.

                                          An Orphan has to be parentless (i.e. without both father and mother)since the issue of guardianship will not arise even if one parent was living.

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