Prohibition of Polygamy and Increase of Illegitimate Children
One notable case that deserves mention here is that in countries where polygamy has been banned, the number of children born out of wedlock has increased significantly. I will provide a few examples to illustrate this point.
In its issue published on 19 Sha’ban 1382 AH, Lawa Damasqiyah magazine cited a document from the United States and the Reuters news agency, noting that nearly 30 percent of children in some cities are born outside legal marriages as a result of illicit relations.
According to Hazarat al-Islam, volume 2, page 365, a census conducted in several countries revealed that in France, 30 out of every 1,000 babies and in Brussels, 60 out of every 1,000 babies, and in Sweden, 1 out of every 10 babies are the result of these illegitimate relationships.
Furthermore, in America, until the year 1959, 221,000 illegitimate children were born, meaning that for every 1,000 children born there, 52 were born out of wedlock during that time. In Denmark, it was reported that one in every thirteen children is a result of an illegitimate relationship. This period also saw many young women visiting hospitals for abortions, leading some individuals to request that the government legalize abortion. Doctors who refused to perform abortions were not prosecuted for violating this law.
Therefore, it has been proven that the ruling of Almighty Allah is entirely humane and moral, and disobeying or violating it results in unfortunate consequences that contribute to the moral and humanitarian decline of society.
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