In the name of Allah, Most

Merciful, Most Compassionate



Why did the Prophet
Mohammad have many
wives?


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If someone asks you that

question, either in a good or
in a bad intention, will you
?be able to answer

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Here is the answer, as given

in a lecture by Amro Khalid
about the Mothers of the
believers ( the Prophets
wives )

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Lets first ask ourselves,

how many wives did the
Prophet had?

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They were twelve. When he

died there were ten wives
with him, while Khadija
and Zaynab died in his life

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But do you know their names, the names
of your mothers, the mothers of the
believers?

They are:
Khadijah Bint Khuwaylid
Sawdah Bint Zamaah
Aaishah Bint Abi Bakr
Hafsah Bint Omar
Zainab Bint Khuzaymah
Om-salamah , Hind Bint Otbah
Zainab Bint Jahsh
Juwayriyah Bint Alharith
Safiyah Bint Huyay Ibn Akhtab
Ommo Habibah Ramlah Bint Abi Sofian
Maria Bint Shamoun, the Egyptian
Maymonah Bint Alharith

)Did the Prophets (pbuh

wives married someone for
the first time (i.e. were they
?)all virgins

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Only one, Aaishah, all the

rest were either widows or
divorced.

Were they all Arabs?

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All, except for Mariya, who

was from Egypt.

Where they all Muslims?

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All but two; Safiya who

was a Jew , and Mariya
who was a Christian.

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Now, lets answer the main

and very important
question: Was it lust that
caused the prophet to have
so many marriages?

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To answer the question we

have to mention the
following facts:

1- The Prophet married for

the first time when he was
25 years old.

2- The first woman he married ,

Khadijah was 40 years old
already married twice before him
and had children. He stayed
married to her alone for 25 years,
until she died. He stayed single
after her death for two years in
grief and mourning over her
death. He was then 52 years old.

3- From 52 till 60, he married

several times for political and
social reasons, not for lust
(Naooz Billah).
After two years of living single ,
he married Sawdah, an 80 year
old widow in order to honor her
because she was the first widow
in Islam. Not an act of a lustful
man after a period of living
single.

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Its not logical to say that lust

had appeared suddenly at the
Prophets life at 52, and at
the middle of the fierce
physical and psychological
struggle to spread Islam



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There is only one conclusion we can
extract from the above:
1- Mohammad the man married
Khadijah
2- Mohammad the Prophet married

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But , was Mohammad the

only Prophet to have
multiple wives? Or
polygamy was taken by
other Prophets as well?

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The answer is : NO. Polygamy

was the norm at the times of
Ibrahim, Dawoud, Solayman,
all known in the Bible to
have been polygamists.

Now, lets mention the

political, social and religious
reasons the prophet had these
marriages.

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First: To spread the culture through eyewitnesses with all the
details known only to intimate people. Aaishah , being so
young, was able to tell all those details to the Muslims for
more than 42 years. She had seen and learnt so much from
him. Her young age was a great advantage in this respect.
She could tell what the Prophet used to do or say in all
aspects of life, so that people do and say the same in the
similar situations


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Aaishah , was the most knowledgeable person
when it comes to the daily life of the Muslim
and how it should go as was lived by the
Prophet himself . But how come he married her
when she was only nine years old? The desert
climate answers to that . In such environment
Girls reached youth very young. Not only in
Arabia, but also in Roma and Persia, girls were
married that young

Second: To strengthen the relationships with

his companions, he married Abi Bakrs
daughter and Omar's sister, married his
daughters to Othman and Ali, May God be
pleased with them all.

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Third: out of mercy and rewarding the early
Muslim widows and divorcees he gave
them the honor of marrying them himself
(Husbands either died in battles or were
non Muslims who divorced them.).
Sawdah, Om-salama and Habeebah were
widows.

Fourth: The Prophet was being a role model
for the Muslims being kind to the widows and
to the people of the book who newly
embraced Islam. He married Safiyah after
her father , a Jew, embraced Islam , so giving
him and his daughter the honor among his
people

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Fifth: He wanted to have ties and links with
the different nations of the world. When he
married Mariya, all Egyptians were on his
side, and when he married Gowayriyah, all
her people (they were called the Bani
Almustalaq and were captured by the
Muslims after a battle),, they all embraced

Islam

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I wish this makes you more assured and

able take a stand up to allegations
against the Prophet (pbuh).
May peace, mercy and blessings of
Allah be upon you all.

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THE WHOLE MUSLIM
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