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Did Abraham (peace be upon him) marry Hagar or Ishmael (peace be upon him), and is there evidence in the Qur’an or Sunnah that other prophets had multiple wives?

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The well-known understanding is that Hagar was Ibrahim's concubine and the mother of his son. Some scholars may refer to her as a wife metaphorically, and concubinage was permissible in Ibrahim's law. Polygyny was known in previous divine laws, and Islam affirmed it with a maximum of four wives, subject to the condition of justice. What has been reported about Sulaiman's (peace be upon him) number of wives does not indicate a limitation on the number, and there is no need to preoccupy oneself with such matters, as no religious or worldly consequence arises from them.

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