Is it permissible to divorce one's wife a pro forma divorce in order to marry another in a country that prohibits polygyny, while maintaining the first marital relationship, and is it necessary to renew the contract for the first wife after the pro forma divorce?
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If the law prohibits polygyny, then it is an unjust law that clashes with the . The trick mentioned entails great corruption and harm, and no recommendation or reconciliation for money will suffice to avert these harms.
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