In this Q&A, we explore the views of Ayatollah Khamenei on polygamy, addressing whether it is permissible and under what conditions.
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Peace be upon you.
After examining this topic, we can provide the following:
The Tehran Radio published an article titled "Clarification from the Office for the Preservation and Publication of Ayatollah Khamenei's Works Regarding Polygamy", which mentioned what you have conveyed along with additional details, attributing this clarification to the Women's and Family section on the KHAMENEI.IR website (Rayhaneh).
We attempted to find this article in its Arabic version on the website but could not locate it.
However, after searching for it in Persian on the same site, we found two pages discussing this topic (you can find the link below).
We also tried to inquire through the official site (leader.ir) but did not receive a response.
The main points we can derive from the Persian page on KHAMENEI.IR are as follows:
First- Polygamy is permissible according to Ayatollah Khamenei, but it is not recommended.
Second- There seems to be a translation error in the statement: (Therefore, whenever there is a rational possibility that the condition of maintaining justice among the wives is not met, the husband's remarriage becomes impermissible). The original Persian text refers to a rational possibility, not just any possibility, as the rational possibility always exists. Thus, the meaning is that the permissibility of polygamy is conditional upon ensuring justice among the wives. If the individual has a significant rational concern about their ability to maintain justice, they should not proceed with remarriage.
This is likely because they know they will fall into sin by failing to uphold the required justice among the wives, which makes it impermissible.
In any case, there is no written inquiry from Ayatollah Khamenei regarding this subject, as conveyed to us by his office in Lebanon.
Source:
The official website of the Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khamenei – Persian version: 1, 2.