▁I dd ah , ▁as ▁divor ce ▁is ▁legal ▁in ▁Islam ic ▁law . ▁A ▁non - Mus lim ▁woman ▁who ▁fle es ▁from ▁her ▁non - Mus lim ▁husband ▁and ▁accepts ▁Islam ▁has ▁the ▁option ▁to ▁rem ar ry ▁without ▁divor ce ▁from ▁her ▁previous ▁husband , ▁as ▁her ▁marriage ▁with ▁non - Mus lim ▁husband ▁is ▁Islam ically ▁dissol ved ▁on ▁her ▁fle eing . ▁A ▁non - Mus lim ▁woman ▁captured ▁during ▁war ▁by ▁Muslim s , ▁can ▁also ▁rem ar ry , ▁as ▁her ▁marriage ▁with ▁her ▁non - Mus lim ▁husband ▁is ▁Islam ically ▁dissol ved ▁at ▁capture ▁by ▁Muslim ▁soldiers . ▁This ▁permission ▁is ▁given ▁to ▁such ▁women ▁in ▁verse ▁ 4 : 2 4 ▁of ▁Q ur an . ▁The ▁verse ▁also ▁emphas izes ▁on ▁trans par ency , ▁mut ual ▁agreement ▁and ▁financial ▁compens ation ▁as ▁pr ere quis ites ▁for ▁mat rim onial ▁relationship ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁prost itution ; ▁it ▁says : ▁ ▁Muhammad ▁was ▁mon og am ously ▁married ▁to ▁Kh ad ija , ▁his ▁first ▁wife , ▁for ▁ 2 5 ▁years , ▁until ▁she ▁died . ▁After ▁her ▁death , ▁he ▁married ▁multiple ▁women , ▁mostly ▁wid ows , ▁for ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁reasons . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁nine ▁w ives , ▁but ▁not ▁all ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁sources ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime . ▁The ▁Q ur ' an ▁does ▁not ▁give ▁preference ▁in ▁marry ing ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁wife . ▁One ▁reason ▁c