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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Her mother was angry with him and said to him, “I will not forgive you, and do not attend my funeral,” because he married for the second time. What is your guidance?

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Question:
She says: A saying has spread that a man who does not marry a second time is not following the Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She also says: We have a man who married for the second time, and he is a brother in religion. His mother said to him, “I am angry with you. I am not pleased with you. Do not attend my funeral.” The reason is that he married for the second time. He says, “I have not angered my Lord, and I have not done anything forbidden. I have no doubt that what I did is permissible. Please guide us on this issue. May Allah reward you with good.”

Answer:
As for marrying a second, third, or fourth woman, this is what Allah has made permissible, on the condition that he acts justly among the wives in financial maintenance, housing, clothing, and what is required of maintenance in a good manner. So, if a man is able to manage the wives in spending, housing, clothing, and dividing time among them, it is permissible for him to marry a second, third, or fourth woman. Allah the Exalted said: “Hold on to what is between you”
of [other] women, two or three or fourمِّنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ
[An-Nisa 4:3]
This is a command of permissibility. As for it being recommended, there is no evidence for that; it is among the permissible things that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made permissible.
And whoever does it, there is no sin on him, and whoever leaves it, there is no sin on him, on the condition, as we mentioned, that he is able to do the justice that Allah the Exalted has commanded, which is justice in treatment, spending, and spending the night with them. As for justice in love and the inclination of the heart, no one can do that except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The Exalted
And you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wivesوَلَن تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَن تَعْدِلُوا بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ
[An-Nisa 4:129]
and the free women; the intended meaning is justice in love, because the love of the heart is not in the hand of the human being; rather, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is the one who places that. Yes.
As for you having married and your mother being angry with you, this requires a distinction. If you married a righteous woman who has no defect in her religion or her honor, there is no blame on you for that, because you did an act that is permissible for you, and your mother has no right to object to it. But if you married an unsuitable wife who is bad to your mother, or who is not committed to her religion or her honor, your mother has the right to object, and you would be disobedient to her in this matter. So you must repent to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and ask your mother for forgiveness. The result is that your mother’s objection to your marriage to another woman has a distinction. If it is because the woman you married is bad to your mother or is not upright in her religion, your mother has the right to object, and you would be undutiful to her by doing so. But if the woman is upright and does not harm your mother, and it is only out of jealousy on your part, there is no blame on you for that, and you can try to convince your mother and make her pleased.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، والدته غضبت عليه وقالت له لن أسامحك ولا تحضر وفاتي لأنه تزوج للمرة الثانية فما توجيهكم؟الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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