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?
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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