Journal 4: Polygamy in Mariah

When we talked about polygamy with either married or single women, we will receive negative feedback from them. This is because they against their husband to have another wife. In other words they do not wish to share their husband with another women. This can happen to any women either they are religious person or not. For example, in Mariah, Cik Yam against Tok Imam desired to take Mariah as his second wife.

In reality, it is hard for women to accept that their husband had an affair with another women and in process to take a second wife. For them, it is better that they are divorce with their husband than share with another women. When the couple got divorce, the effect will goes to their children because their children will feel that their parents do not love them anymore and the possibility to create problem outside of the house is big because they want to get attention from their parents.

However, there are women who are willing to let their husband have another wife. This is because in Islam, women who allowed their husband to have another wife will have 'payung emas' in Heaven. Some women do like the sound of the rewards but majority do not like it.