Originally posted by: cricketfan1
What logic is there behind allowing men 4 marriages in the first place? That too in the present world where men outnumber women?
I mean, if you don't know the background and shariah of men being allowed four wives you should probably research it.
I'm not going to go into it here but people are seriously uneducated on this topic, which allows men to get away with things they are not actually allowed to do.
As for that previous post, the suggestion was that if men are allowed to have four wives whilst women are not, men are also allowed to commit sins and get forgiveness whilst women are not. That entire thought process is a complete distortion of Islam and the rights it gives men and women. It is also advocating 'get out jail free' cards for men who commit adultery and there is absolutely no basis for this in Islam.
Men and women get the same punishment for the same sins, and both are allowed forgiveness if they repent.
Some of the discussion on this forum is very toxic and plays into the very dangerous Pakistani mindset of 'men can do whatever they want and be forgiven, but if a woman does something wrong she should be punished and not allowed to move on'. If people want to endorse that regressive mindset, fine; but don't try to justify it using religion because there is no religious basis for it.
Just to clarify, this isn't aimed at you specifically. I'm just really appalled at some of the posts on this thread
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