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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 Sharia. 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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