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Can a Muslim man have more than four wives in Paradise if they were all his wives in this world?

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The prohibition of marrying more than four women in this world is a test. Allah permitted it for some of His select servants, such as the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the Prophet Sulaiman, peace be upon him.

A righteous woman in Paradise will be with her last husband from this world. If a man marries four women, and then marries a fifth after one of them dies, all of them will be his wives in Paradise.

In Paradise, there is no prohibition on the number of wives or on combining relatives [in marriage], as stated by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, because it is not a realm of obligation.

There is no text that specifies a maximum number of wives for a man in Paradise, whether from the women of this world or the Houris.

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