Marriages are equally adorable in all the religions but Islam gives immense importance to the marriage as it prevents Muslims to commit sexual sins. In Islam the word most commonly employed for marriage is NIKAH, which means 'sexual intercourse'. A Muslim man can get married 4 women at a time but has put serious restrictions on this. It requires agreement of the new wife, his ability to maintain more than one wife, equality among the wives, etc. It is for this reason that very few Muslim men marry more than one woman. Islam has allowed this to man to curb illicit sex. Illicit sex is a very degenerating thing for humanity and leads to debasement of women through prostitution. Islam has totally rejected prostitution but Muslim woman can marry just one person at a time. It is the girl's right to make decision concerning her marriage and her father or guardian has no right to ignore her wishes. Though it is said that women should not be married under the age of nine no age limits have been fixed by Islam for marriage.