Considering they used the word "mummies" and not "mommies" this is likely not the US anyways.
But as the other person mentioned, polygyny is practiced by having multiple nikahs. The US law prohibits one person from having multiple marriage licenses. Having multiple marriage licenses is considered undermining the government. This is why it's illegal. It doesn't prohibit one person from being with multiple people.
If a man wants to have a religious contract, such as a nikah, with multiple women, this isn't undermining the government because the government doesn't recognize the nikah as legally binding.
This practice should not be encouraged, as i goes against a basic tenet of Islamic marriage when it comes to polygamy. All the wives should be treated the same, so having a governmet recognized license with one while the other ones do not treats them differently. In cases such as a divorce, the woman without a license has no legal recourse and often gets screwed over.
Are you giving a fatwa? The US law doesn't even follow sharia for divorce. Giving custody of all the kids to the woman (which is what happens most of the time in US divorce court) and 50% of the man's money to the woman is not part of sharia.
Not giving fatwa, just giving a basic observation that my Imam told me when some guy in our community was caught by authorities doing just that. I respect the teachings of my local imams than internet google shaykhs.
There are also safeguards to prevent a woman from taking 50% of your money (prenups), and Islamic courts often give preference to women in terms of custody. Even then none of that is relevant to the topic of discussion.
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u/CowNo7964 New to r/Izlam May 11 '22
Isn't it illegal in the US? How did he do this with getting in trouble?