Continuation of the discussion on the issue of plural marriage.

The Shaykh : Therefore, if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded marriage, then marriage has become obligatory, this with one wife. When he said because this doubling is not obligatory, it is secondary but it is recommended. And it is sufficient for us, the Muslims, especially in this time, to believe in the legitimacy of what came in this verse because, unfortunately, the Muslims have been invaded in their own homes; the disbeliever has invaded them with his opinions and ideas, and he has made the ideas of the disbelievers attractive to them, claiming that the Islamic Shari'ah only commands one wife and permits a second only out of dire necessity. It is never the case. Dire necessity permits the prohibited, but here there is no dire necessity; rather, here is the realization of a goal that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) loves, which is to increase the number of his Ummah (the Muslim community) (peace and blessings be upon him). Consequently, this increase is the strength of the Muslim Ummah, as reality has witnessed, which we have referred to. Perhaps everyone knows that the leader of Germany who caused World War II, when the Allied powers collapsed as they agreed to call them, and he felt that he would be overcome due to the number of the Allies being greater than the number of his people, made a reward for every couple who increased their offspring!! But this, as the old Arabic proverb says, "In summer, you lost the milk." Like the Saudis today, they did not prepare to face the injustice of Saddam, so they went to seek help from the disbelievers and say it is a necessity. Where were you all these years boasting that your state is the strongest state in the Middle East in terms of what? The economy and society, and so on. As for jihad in the path of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), they did not go out except once, a word spoken by their king. Did you hear? Perhaps with the jihad, the Fahd jihad, you did not hear about it?

The questioner : Jihad with the self.

The Shaykh : Yes, the important thing is that Hitler and the leaders of Germany before him did not prepare for the black day by setting a reward to increase the population. And for this reason, when the Exalted says in the Noble Qur'an the strength here is an indefinite noun, and the indefinite noun implies generality and comprehensiveness. So if it is known that the strength of the Ummah is by the number of its individuals, then it is obligatory to prepare with this preparation as well, among the other preparations. Therefore, fighting the doubling mentioned in the Qur'an is also a plot of the disbelievers who want to destroy the Muslim Ummah by any means available to them, including plotting under the name of advice. We read articles in some Egyptian newspapers and others where they present us with calculations that after so many years, the Egyptian population will be so many, meaning they will perish. Where will they get the sustenance for these millions? These are all Western plots, and disbelief in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when the fetus reaches four months, an angel comes to it and asks its Lord about its sustenance, its term, its happiness, and its misery. So sustenance is guaranteed for every child, but this does not mean that parents should not take the causes of sustenance. No, they must take them. But if the earth becomes narrow in its breadth and does not help to produce what its inhabitants need of food and drink, this contradicts the wisdom of the Wise Creator who determined their provisions. This is what I was able to answer with.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

Another questioner : Also, the actual application in the lives of the Companions, starting from our master Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali, they were all with two, three, four, and five.

The Shaykh : No, stick to the four.

Another questioner : Our master Abu Bakr was ... .
The audience : Hehehehe

The Shaykh : No, but I hold you to the five, or rather the correct path, which is the concubines.

Another questioner : But he used to die and he would bring a replacement for her.