Permissibility of marrying a second wife

 

Is it permissible for a person who cannot adjust with
his current wife to marry a second wife?  He does not want to leave his first wife.

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English
translation:

Praise be to Allaah and peace and blessings be
upon His Messenger.

It is OK for you to marry a second wife, and in
fact this could be the solution to your problem, because Allaah says (interpretation
of the meaning):

"… then marry women of your choice, two
or three, or four…" [al-Nisaa’ 4:3]

- as long as you are going to treat them equally
with regard to where you spend your nights and how much you spend on them. So
if you spend one night with one, and the next night with the other, and spend
on them equally, there is nothing wrong at all with marrying a second wife.

And Allaah knows best.