Originally posted by: Fruitcustard_9
If I m right isn't second marriage is illegal coz it happened without divorce from first wife.
it is illegal if challenged. Polygamy isn't illegal if remain unchallenged. I know of a family member who was deceived into marrying a guy, who claimed he was still unmarried & only realized after marriage, he already had a somewhat mentally challenged wife (somewhat because she seemed to be suffering from PTSD or something untreated, she could make her decisions & do her chores).
But she chose to stay in marriage, as her earlier marriage was a disaster & got a divorce - her husband used to drink a lot, beat her blue & black, had other women for his company - this is over 40-50yrs ago, in those days a divorcee getting remarried was a big thing & she compromised herself of not going through this entire process & burdening the family again. The guy she married was a good guy otherwise.
My old flats builder was a muslim & he had 3 wives, I'm not well versed with muslim law but as far as I have heard (from few muslim friends) - man can marry upto 5 women at a time without the necessity of a divorce. I may be wrong w.r.t muslim laws, as I confessed earlier I'm not well versed with them but I have seen plenty of muslim men with more than one wife.
Edited by basherz - 4 years ago