How can the legitimacy of polygyny in Islam be explained to a girl's mother, emphasizing that it does not require a compelling reason, and that it is not a degradation of women, while citing examples from the Salaf, to persuade her to approve her daughter's marriage to a married man?
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Please refer to the following Fatwas (religious edicts) and their references, with the following numbers: 68407, 67833, 31202, 18228, 73623, 37507, 59041.
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