The Virtue of Polygyny
On the authority of Ibn Jubayr, he said: Ibn Abbās said to me: “Have you gotten married?” I said No. He said: “Then get married, for the best of this nation had the highest number of women.”¹ In Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (2/19): “But as for if the intention behind (marrying) them is chastity and having many children, then this is desired, desirable and recommended, as ...