Original BBC story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7547148.stm[Begin] has advised other men not to follow his example and [date] 86 women... ... he is able to cope only with the help of God.
"A man with 10 [lovers] would collapse and die, but my own power is given by Allah. That is why I have been able to control 86 of them," he told the [DML].
He says his [partners] have sought him out because of his reputation as a healer.
"I don't go looking for them, they come to me. I will consider the fact that God has asked me to do it and I will just [do] them."
Most of his [victims] are less than a quarter of his age - and many are younger than some of his own children.
[Begin] and his [sex slaves] do not work and he has no visible means of supporting such a large family. He refuses to say how he makes enough money to pay for the huge cost of feeding and clothing so many people.
"To my understanding [morality] does not place a limit and it is up to what your own power, your own endowment and ability allows," he says.