Polygamy in Islam

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religion
gptkbp:commonIn Some African and Middle Eastern countries
gptkbp:compatibleWith Polyandry
gptkbp:condition Justice among wives
gptkbp:criticizedFor Some Muslim reformers
gptkbp:debatedBy Contemporary Islamic scholarship
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Pre-Islamic_Arabia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polygamy in Islam
gptkbp:legalStatus Varies by country
gptkbp:maximumNumberOfWives 4
gptkbp:permittedIn gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:practicedIn gptkb:Muslims
gptkbp:prohibits Modern legal systems in some Muslim-majority countries
Justice cannot be maintained
gptkbp:QuranReference Surah An-Nisa 4:3
gptkbp:rareIn gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:requires Equal treatment of wives
gptkbp:source gptkb:Quran
gptkbp:subjectOf Islamic family law
Legal reform
Feminist critique
Social debate
gptkbp:type Polygyny
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abu_Ameenah_Bilal_Philips
gptkb:Bilal_Philips
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7