Equality between wives

Equality between wives

Q: My husband wants to take a second wife. We have been living in my house for twenty years. He bought a house now to live with his second wife. According to Shari'ah, is he supposed to provide me also with a house? Also what are the conditions?

Wife refusing to have relations with her husband due to him taking a second wife

Q:

  1. I want to know that if a muslim man does second marriage and his first wife says that since you have married for the second time I will not have physical relations with you, Does this mean Divorce?
  2. My second question is under such relation is the man bound to give equal time to both his wives?

Equality between wives

Q: A husband who has two wife's, he is fair with both of them in everything except that he doesn't have sex with the first wife because of which the first wife is not happy. Is it permissible for the husband not to have sex with the first wife?

Equality between wives

Q: 

  1. In Islam, is it compulsory upon a person to exercise equality between his wives?
  2. In which aspects does the husband have to exercise equality amongst his wives?
  3. If a person has two wives, one young and one old, is equality waajib between both?
  4. Can you explain the method of equal distribution of time between wives and does equality of time extend to the day as well or is it restricted to the night?
  5. How will the husband divide his time equally amongst his wives if he works during the night and is free during the day?
  6. Is there equality in sexual relations i.e. the number of times the husband had relations with one wife, is it compulsory upon him to have relations with the other wife the same number of times?
  7. Does the husband still have to maintain equality in the night turns when he is ill?
  8. Is there any sin if one perceives more love within his heart for one wife, though he shows equal attention and maintains equality between his wives?
  9. Is equality waajib during a journey?