Polygamy by Hazrat Ali & his son Hasan

[Sardar Miyan]

Hazrat Ali had Nine wives & his son Hasan also had Nine. The question is had they chosen their wives
from the mothers of Orphans as per Quranic order ? If not they have gone against injungsion of Quran. And further increased from permissible number 4 to 9.

[Joseph Islam]

Dear Sardar,

As-salamu alaykum

Whether the personality you mention had nine wives or not is not a Quranic matter. These are stories that are based on Islamic secondary sources and yet, your question assumes that this information is factually correct or even relevant. As I trust you will appreciate, these sources of information have very dubious origins. [1]

Either way, I have already discussed the concept of multiple marriages in a dedicated article [2] and related sentiments were also discussed in a recent post [3]. Please may I kindly refer you to these sources which you may find useful.

In a nutshell, the number or the reasons for multiple marriages is not a Quranic matter. Even the prophet arguably married for many different reasons including beauty.

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"It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess: and God does watch over all things"

What matters most from a Quranic perspective is the need for justice (4:3) and how these marriages are dealt with under the overarching guiding scope as given by the Quran.

I hope this helps, God willing
Joseph


REFERENCES:

[1] WHERE DO WE LEARN ABOUT PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S (pbuh) WIVES?
http://quransmessage.com/articles/prophet's%20wives%20FM3.htm
[2] MARRYING FOUR WIVES IN ISLAM
http://quransmessage.com/articles/four%20wives%20FM3.htm
[3] Still under verse 4:3 concerning twos, threes,fours
http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=1556.msg7166#msg7166