Do you expect me to brain that a company owner, presumably a Malay Muslim, will marry four wives so that he can build an empire by using the names of his wives and his wives' relatives as proxies? What a load of rubbish! This idea is insulting to the Malays and insulting to Islam and for that idea to come from another Malay, is doubly insulting.
Suppose there were Malays with four wives and using their wives to build a business empire through the means that Iskandar Ismail suggests.... in that case, I dare to suggest that very idea came about after the fact: after he had four wives not because he had the idea of having four wives to build a business empire.
Anybody dumb enough to have four wives...however rich he may be...will sooner or later have to think of ways and means to keep those four wives happy, contented, and rich - and not necessarily in that order! And that is when he starts to think about using them to build a business empire - after all, after he has had his lust attended to, what better way to make his wives work to earn their living than by involving them in his business dealings?
Luckily, this idea came from a Malay. If not, there will be a police report, investigation and thrown in jail.
Umno nep bumi policy encourages such companies or cartels with good " cables" to bid for gomen tenders under MOF bumi shareholding policy but 8n actual fact, these are just bidders with zero hardware or software internally. These " shelf" companies have adequate paid up capital, plus licenses, permits for all categories from oil and gas, construction, software you name it. I would think children of politicians and young umno members ( umno youth?) Benefitted immensely from such policy. But failed to create any significant businessses from it. No factories or manufacturing etc. Just. Brokers. Guys like Ku Nan, Zahid, dr m's children grew wealthy from such policy i would imagine. So by right, if they got rich, they should…
Empires have been run on this model.
In Malaysia, many men aspire to have multiple wives, regardless of their race. This practice is more straightforward for Muslims, but now even young entrepreneurs are exploring polygamy. Polygamy is seen as a strategy for expanding family connections without sacrificing alliances or inheritance. It's advantageous for selecting heirs but can become complex during partition if expansion isn't rapid enough. While few Malay families have excelled in this, I've encountered Chinese families where fathers with concubines have effectively managed their business empires within this extended family framework. A family-centric system can either lead to conflict during division or create a robust and stable environment based on kin legacies and diplomatic family lifestyles.
Good morning tuan Hussein,
It's true about getting married when in poverty. It's in Surah An Nur verse 32, and there's a Hadith, too. Most importantly ustaz mention time and again in ceramah. Ashaari of Al Arkam was one good example. God knows better.