Is it halal to marry second wife which is prohibited by law in the US and may involve one wife not having any legal rights?
From the Muslim perspective, as a general rule, a second wife is not something scripturally prohibited. A Muslim who thinks that the conditions of Islam for a second wife are there and he is taking this risk of clashing with law of the land, he needs to foresee the problems and needs to guarantee all Islamically required needs of the second wife be provided and be guaranteed in this setting here in America which does not recognize legal rights for second wife. I would not say according to Islamic law it is Haram to have a second wife if conditions meet here, but I would say it needs the rights of women to be guaranteed in one way or another when this risk is taken here in this country. Of course, the consent of first wife, her conditions she put at marriage time all need to be observed and I am not saying at all that he, the husband is free to do whatever he wants to marry second wife even if she (the first wife) did not allow him to do that in the marriage contract. The husband needs
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