⚖️ Polygyny: rulings & justice · #12

If a husband loves one wife more, is he sinful?

There is no sin if merely the feeling of love in the heart is unequal, because feelings are beyond one's control; the sin is when those feelings are translated into unjust actions.
Allah SWT says: you will never be able to be perfectly just between wives even if you strongly wish to, so do not incline wholly (towards the one you love) and leave the other as if suspended (Surah an-Nisa' 4:129). So the husband must still make the rotation, maintenance and outward treatment equal. He should also hide that inclination from the other wives to spare their feelings. See Fiqh of polygyny.

Sources

Surah an-Nisa' 4:129Sunan Abu Dawud 2133 (sahih)

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