Polygamy in the Restriction of Justice

Based on the holly Quranic verse "… marry the women who seem good to you, two or three or four …", a man may have more than one spouse simultaneously. Although the holy verse goes on saying that polygamy is allowed if justice is observed, facts reveal that, no man commits polygamy with the intention to observe justice. Injustice among the wives and the obscene oppression, from which generally the first wife suffers, has rendered a displeasing sight of polygamy in the society. Women's knowledge of their right to set up contract conditions guaranteeing their rights at the time of marriage in case their husbands attend polygamy, and the legislator's authoritative intervention to provide a lawful framework of religious and legal restrictions, and supervision of the conducts of men with more than one wife can decrease the rate of polygamy and its detestable sight. This paper discusses issues like the basis of polygamy, the concept of justice, criticism and study of the civil law, etc. and suggests that by setting up contraction conditions at the time of marriage and enacting authoritative regulations by the legislator, the wives will suffer less damage in case of plural marriage by their husbands.