How many women can a Muslim marry? More than 4? | Mufti Abu Layth

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people look in all honesty I want to its and some people argued that what was exclusive to the Prophet was the number many Muslims have argued that my understanding is different on that because I I don't believe that the the number of wives that a person is allowed to marry is restricted to four I actually believe I go with what Imams okay Nene and those people have highlighted that it's actually unrestricted but it's just based on consent now I'm not saying people need to be doing that I'm not saying you go outside and collect yourself a harem but

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I'm saying in Islam it wasn't that that wasn't her army wasn't restricted at four that's what I I do see that argument as stronger but because many people believe it was restricted at four so they say oh the other numbers were permissible for the Prophet but I don't believe that I believe that they were always open for everybody there isn't a single sahih hadith to show that only four and was the number that's a very weak hadith as it map tabárez explained

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2019, August 14). How many women can a Muslim marry? More than 4? | Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kqhvwvlqfaa/

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  title = {{How many women can a Muslim marry? More than 4? | Mufti Abu Layth}},
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  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
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