14 year old here, I want to convert but I have some questions I would like to get answers to first

Yes, I am a female I have made that very clear. And yes men and women are different, but there are some men that dont want multiple wives, and there are women out there who would like to have many partners (im just saying, biologically yes we are different, but different strokes for different folks, no? lol).

Oh maybe it wasnt the quran that said its perferable to marry one, but scholars did, right

Ash-Shafi’ee, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

وأحب له أن يقتصر على واحدة وإن أبيح له أكثر لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً

I prefer a man to limit himself to one wife, even though it is permissible for him to marry more, due to the saying of Allah Almighty: If you fear you will not be just, then only one. (4:3)

Source: al-Bayān fi madhhab al-Imām al-Shāfiʻī 11/189

And Ibn Qudamah writes:

والأوْلَى أن لا يَزِيدَ على امرأةٍ واحِدَةٍ ذَكَرَه في المُجَرَّدِ لقولِ اللهِ تعالى فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً ولِقَولِه سُبحانه وَلَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تَعْدِلُوا بَينَ النِّسَاءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ

The preference is to not marry more than one wife, as mentioned in Al-Mujarrad, due to the saying of Allah Almighty: If you fear you will not be just, then only one. (4:3) And due to His saying: You will never be able to be just between your wives, even if it is your ardent desire. (4:129)

Source: al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr 20/24

Al-Shirbini writes:

وَيُسَنُّ أَنْ لَا يَزِيدَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَاجَةٍ ظَاهِرَةٍ

It is the Sunnah not to marry more than one wife without an obvious need.

Source: Mughnī al-Muḥtāj 4/207

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