Originally posted by: seemu87
ok here are the details regarding this question. ive done research on hinduism, islam, and gujuratis. in the hindu culture it is illegal to have more than one wife. in order to have a second wife the husband must divorce the first wife. he can not have 2 wifes at the same time. gujuratis follow the same... according to islam, muslims are allowed up to 4 wifes. only in the following conditions. to start with the first wife must agree to her husband having more than one wife. on top of that the husband must be equal with all of them in terms of spending time, giving them the same amount of attention, spending the same amount of money on each one, and only then Islam says yes you can have up to 4 wifes. althought the prophets had come up with this before, because during that time there were alot of women and not that many men. so in order for all the women to have some sort of suppor they came up with that number. so to wat laksmi says she wasnt wrong. in their culture and religion having a second wife is illegal.