Is Polygamy A Reason For Women To Seek Divorce

" Source: Imaam 'Abdul-'Aziz bin Baaz in Fatawa' Ulam al-Balad al-Haram, pp. 643 QUESTION: A MARRIED MAN WANTS TO MARRY ANOTHER WOMAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THE FIRST IS NOT ENOUGH. SIMILARLY, FEARS THAT HE WILL FALL IN THE PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR, HE WOULD NOT DO IT. HIS WIFE REFUSES TO GO ALONG WITH IT AND IS DETERMINED TO BE DIFFERENT IF THE SECOND MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE. THIS SHE SAYS ALTHOUGH SHE KNOWS WHAT SHAR^i'ANS THEY SAY ON THE MATTER. HOW IS YOUR HUSBAND, HE MUST BOW TO HIS WIFE'S REFUSAL AND THREATS OF DIVORCE OR HE MUST MARRY THE OTHER WOMAN AND DIFFER WITH THE FIRST, GIVEN THAT HE IS WEALTHY ENOUGH TO MAKE A LIVING AND ESTABLISH THE REQUIRED JUSTICE? BENEFIT TO US, MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU WITH GOOD. ANSWER: WE ADVISE YOU TO MARRY OUT OF THE CHASTITY AND TRACKING TO SUNNAHN CONTAINED THEREIN. JUST AS I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF, I ADVISE HER THAT SHE FEARS ALLAH, HARDENS AND IS NO DIFFERENT. IN THIS CASE, ALLAH WILL MAKE A WAY FOR HIM BASED ON HIS (SUBH^aNAH) WORDS: "ALLAH SHOWS ANYONE WHO FEARS HIM A WAY OUT AND MOURN FOR HIM IN A WAY THAT HE HAS NOT RECKONED WITH, AND WHO RELY ON ALLAH DO NOT NEED ANOTHER. (65:2-3) "AND FOR ANYONE WHO FEARS HIM, ALLAH MAKES THE TASK EASY." (65:4) MAY ALLAH LEAD ALL TO SUCCESS."