The permission to marry up to four wives in Islam is aimed at

Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK)

JAMB 2016

A. bearing more children
B. treating them equally
C. reducing the number of unmarried women
D. preventing adultery

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

: If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess , that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.
- Qur'an, Sura 4 ( An-Nisa), Ayah 3

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