as salam 'alaykum warahamtu-llahi wabarakatuhu
I want to say something, I don't know why, but everyone is shouting about polygamy polygamy.....
the truth is, this sunnah is no more in practice in the Muslim Ummah, otherwise there would not that much amount of righteous sisters now living our time who are not being married just because may be their age is a bit high or may be they are divorced and nobody wants to take them as wife, as first one it is impossible, may not even as a second or 3rd wife. we should look at the time of sahabas.
all is happening in the world in the name of polygamy, either the portray of media or some bad experiences (even in monogamous family it happens) we hear from here and there. of course there are righteous brothers and sister who are living happily, like we can not even imagine in monogamous families.
again, except one man, I've not met a single person in my whole life who has two wives at a time, I know men who married twice but after the death or divorce of the 1st wife. even, when i was in a middle eastern country, born and brought up there 16years, I didn't see any arab even, of course there were and there are, but the area i used to live and yeah there were some words going on in the air, that guy has two wife or that guy has three wives, something like that, so the bottom line can be the percentage is low or even there are more, how can you know?
the problem is with the media, anyhow they portray like everyone has got 4 wives and they do nothing. really i met people everywhere , who don't know about arabs, but they just make statements like: ah, the arabs, the petro money and 4 wives, and just they do not do anything.
and depending on media and such ignorant people comment, we tend to point finger to the whole men of Muslim Ummah and sometimes we don't even know but commenting over the order of Prophet Muhammad salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam and the most dangerous to have doubt over the orders of Allah subhanahu wa ta'la. and we have to be careful, really careful of our statements.
this is all i had to say and indeed Allah knows the best
may Allah forgive me if i hurt anyone or said anything wrong
wassalam 'alaikum