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Is it permissible for a Muslim residing in the West, who desires to practice polygyny, to lie to avoid the prison sentence imposed on polygyny, and does that affect the validity of the first marriage?

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There is no harm in that, provided it does not lead to future damage, because it falls under the category of repelling injustice, and it is not considered a divorce because it was not intended.

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