What is better and more appropriate for a committed, married man with children who feels he has energy exceeding his wife's capacity to absorb, and does not complain about her shortcomings or aversion, and he asks: Is it better for him to be content with his first wife, control himself, and focus on matters of his religion and his family's worldly affairs, or should he marry a second time, knowing that his first wife is understanding and helps him search for another wife? Is it difficult for a man to control himself and his desires in such situations, or can he do so by occupying himself with what benefits him religiously and worldly, and by raising his family? And would the woman whom this man proposes to be sinful if she advised him to be content with his first wife, or must she accept him?
Marrying more than one woman may be better for some men if they are in need of a second marriage, and their wife supports them in this, and they are able to provide for and be just between the two wives. He should strive to preserve his family and raise his children. It is permissible for a woman who is proposed to to refuse or to advise him to suffice with his first wife to preserve his family.
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