The verse was sent down to put the marriage with the orphans...

The verse was sent down to put the marriage with the orphans on conditions of justice and equity: ``And if you fear that you may not treat the orphans justly and with fairness in marrying them; then marry other women who are good and lawful to you, two, three, or four.'' This verse revealed after the bitter incident of Ohud, when the Muslim new community was left with many orphans, widow, and captives.

Their treatment was some how to be governed by justice and equity; and so says the verse to marry the orphans if you are quite sure that you will in that way protect them and their property with justice [ 483 ] and fairness. If not so; and you doubt to do that, then make other arrangements for the orphans and your marriage.

Marry other women of your choice who are good - two, three or four - a maximum of four provided you could treat them with equality and equity, both in material things and in immaterial things. But if you think that you cannot, then suffice with one wife only: And if you fear you will not be equitable to them all, then marry only one.'' POLYGAMY IS A NEED IN THE SOCIETY The above verse has admitted polygamy on the hard and heavy condition of JUSTICE.

There are objections and questions around this matter that are aroused enthusiastically and not scientifically, and reasonably. The westerns accuse Islam of supporting and enjoining women's apartments, and gynaeceums, while Islam has neither permitted woman's apartments as they think, nor the polygamy is accepted without strict and hard conditions. Islamic laws are legislated on the basis of natural needs and wants of man.

No one can deny that man passes away more than women in the community, due to the wars, hardship of works, and industrial accidents. The second world war proved this clearly. On the other hand the sexual life of man is much logner than that of the woman. The woman has also sexual stops during their menstrual discharge, and other cases such as maternity. There is also - sometimes - the problem of being barren with both sexs and the want of children in one side.

Consisting these, and many other moral and spiritual reasons, we come to the conclusion that polygamy is a need - a serious need of the community and it should not be ignored. In this relation we have to answer so many questions that are among the most important ones of human beings and their society.