Sunni Man
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Sunni, when you go buy wife number 2, does wife number 1 have to chip in?
Although your wife is not exactly a purchase. You do have to pay a bride price for her in order to get married
But you have brought up a good question.
If a Muslim man marries a second wife. The first wife does not chip to her support.
Each wife will have her own separate house. Basically you have two separate households and families.
In Islam the man has to play and provide for everything. Even if a woman works you cannot ask her for any of her money.
So taking on a second, third, or even fourth wife. Is a very expensive proposition.
All wives have to be treated equal. If you buy one wife a coat and a car. Then you have to buy the other wife a coat and a car.
So as you can see for a man to take on additional wife it is a very expensive proposition.
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