Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Quotes:
Ocupation: Monarch
Life: October 26, 1919 - July 27, 1980
Birthday: October 26
Death: July 27
Many Westerners forget that when the Prophet spoke of four wives as the maximum allowable number, he had in mind a reduction to four as compared to the number then often prevailing; moreover, Mohammed specified that a man should acquire more than one wife only if he could treat them all with equal justice - obviously a difficult feat for even the most diligent man to achieve. In effect, then, the Prophet curtailed the number of wives.
topic: Men, Justice, Wife, Westerners, Equal Justice
