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WIVES of the Holy Prophet(PBUH)

Made by: Mohib-Ur-Rahman
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There were 13 wives of the holy prophet(pbuh)
• Hazrat khadijah
• Hazrat Sawdah
• Hazrat Aisha
• Hazrat Hafsah
• Hazrat Umm al-masakin
• Hazrat Umm salamah
• Hazrat Zaynab
• Hazrat Juwayriya
• Hazrat Umm habiba
• Hazrat Safiyyah
• Hazrat Maymunah
• Hazrat Rayhana (concubine)
• Hazrat Maria
 Hazrat Khadijah
• Khadija was a very successful merchant.
• Khadija was given many honorifics, including 'The Pious One', 'Princess of Quraysh'
(Ameerat-Quraysh), and 'Khadija the Great' (Khadija al-Kubra)
• It is said that she fed and clothed the poor, assisted her relatives financially, and provided
marriage portions for poor relations.
• She hired Muhammad ibn Abdullah, then 25 years old, for the trade in Syria, sending word
that she would pay to double her usual commission.With the permission of Abbu Talib Ibn
Muttalib, his uncle, Muhammad was sent to Syria with one of Khadija's servants. This
caravan experience earned Muhammad the honorifics of al-Sadiq ('the Truthful') and I'll-
Amin ('the Trustworthy' or 'the Honest').
• Hazrat Khadijah got to know about the Holy Prophets(PBUH) trustworthiness and honesty
by one of her servants, after which she decided to marry the Holy Prophet(PBUH) she
approached Hazrat Abu Talib, Prophet Muhammad’s uncle, and he agreed.
 Hazrat Sawdah

• She was born in Mecca.

• She first married As-Sakran Ibn Amr but he died in Mecca after migration to Abyssinia and
then back to Mecca.
• She was the first emigrant to Abyssinia in the way of Allah.
• Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) married Hazrat Sawdah in the month of Ramadan in the 10th
A.P,
• Some sources say that Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) wanted to divorce her, but he feared
that Sawdah might get upset on competing with other wives.
• She died after the death of Prophet Muhammad in 644 CE in 22 AH towards the end of
Caliph Umar.
 Hazrat Aisha
• Hazrat Aisha was born in Mecca and her father was Abu Bakr, one of the
two main companions of The Holy Prophet(PBUH)
• She was very attactched to the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
• Hazrat Aisha was Prophet Muhammad's third and youngest wife.
• In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of
the Believers“
• She died in Medina on July 13th, 678 AD
 Hazrat Hafsah
• She was born in Mecca in 605 AD
• She was the daughter of Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second caliph of Islam.
• In Islamic writings, her name is also thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the
Believers”
• She was married to Khunays ibn Hudhafa but became a widow in August 624.
Muhammad married Hafsa in Sha'ban AH 3 (late January or early February
625). This marriage "gave the Prophet the chance of allying himself with this
faithful follower," i.e., Umar, who now became his father-in-law.
• Uthman, when he became Caliph, used Hafsa's copy when he standardized the text
of Qur'an. She is also said to have narrated sixty hadiths from Muhammad.
• She died in Sha'ban AH 45, i.e., in October or November 665. She is buried in Al-
Baqi Cemetery next to the other Mothers of the Faithful.
• she had five sons and at least three daughters.
 Hazrat Umm Salama
• She was born in 580 or 596 CE in Mecca, her birth name was Hind. She was first married to Abu Salama, who
then converted to Islam along with Umm Salama who were one of the first people to convert into Islam.
• Abu Salama died in the battle of Uhud (March 625).
• In the fourth year following the migration to Medina (4 AH), Umm Salama accepted a marriage proposal from
Muhammad. After sharing her three reservations about the marriage, and hearing the response from Muhammad,
Umm Salama was so pleased that she accepted the proposal.
• Umm Salama became the eldest of all of Muhammad's wives. She became the highest-ranking wife of
Muhammad, only behind Khadija.
• She was an exceptional wife of Muhammad in her faith and morals. As a woman, she carried out and completed
all of her religious duties. During her marriage to Muhammad, she strived to keep him happy. She always held the
utmost respect for him. She was known in society for her intelligence, political savvy, and activity in fighting for
women's rights.
• After the death of The Prophet, Hazrat Umm Salama contributed in many battles and died in 680 in Medina.
 Hazrat Rayhana
• Hazrat Rayhana was born into the Banu Nadir tribe, and became part of
the Banu Qurayza tribe upon her marriage.
• There are different traditions and sayings about the marriage of Hazrat
Rayhana and The Holy Prophet(PBUH), but all of them agree to the
marriage being official.
• She died in 631, 11 days after hajj, and was buried at the Al-Baqi
Cemetery in Medina along with other wives of Muhammad.
 Hazrat Zaynab Bint Jahsh
• She was born in 590 AD in Mecca. Hazrat Zaynab was said to be quick to lose her temper
but also quick to calm down. She was a skilled tanner and leather-worker. She continued
with this line of work throughout her life, even after she no longer needed the money
• The prophet Muhammad(PBUH) proposed Hazrat Zaynab for his adopted son, Zayd Ibn
Harithah at first Hazrat Zaynab refused under the influence of her brother, but then after
some revelations, she accepted it, and the marriage lasted no more than two years.
• After the divorce to Hazrat Zaid Ibn Harithah, she married Prophet Muhammad.
• They spent some time in Medina, and after the death of the Holy Prophet(PBUH), Hazrat
Zaynab died during the caliphate of Umar in the summer of 641, being the first of
Muhammad's widows to die after him. She was 53 (lunar) years old.
 Hazrat Juwayriya
• She was born in 608 CE in Yathrib. She was the daughter of al-Hārith ibn Abi Dirar, the chief of Banu
Mustaliq, who was defeated with his tribe in a battle.
• Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) proposed to marry her and, as a result, freed her from the bondage of
Thabit ibn Qais and consequently ameliorated the condition of her captured tribe.
• The Prophet, was moved by her sorrowful plea and asked her if she would like to live as a free woman
and be part of his household if he paid her ransom. She had never in her dreams expected this offer.
Moved deeply by this unexpected elevation in her status, she exclaimed she would be more than happy
to accept."
• Some time later her father and all the men of her tribe who had been freed also accepted Islam as their
religion.
• Consequently, she was married to Muhammad, the Islamic prophet when he was 58 years old and she
was 20, thus placing the marriage in 627-628. She was married to the prophet for four years.
• She died at the age of sixty-five in the 50th year after migration and was buried with the other wives of
Muhammad in Jannatul Baqi'.
 Hazrat Safiyya
• Safiyya was born in c. 610 - 614 in Medina to Huyayy ibn Akhtab, the chief of the Jewish tribe Banu Nadir.
Her mother, Barra bint Samawal, was from the Banu Qurayza tribe.
• According to a source, she was married off to Sallam ibn Mishkam, who later divorced her.
• When the Banu Nadir were expelled from Medina in 625, her family settled in Khaybar, an oasis near
Medina. Her father and brother went from Khaybar to join the Meccan and Bedouin forces besieging
Muhammad in Medina during the Battle of the Trench. When the Meccans withdrew Muhammad besieged the
Banu Qurayza. After the defeat of the Banu Qurayza in 627 Safiyya's father, a long-time opponent of
Muhammad, was captured and executed by the Muslims.
• Muhammad advised Safiyya to convert to Islam, she accepted and agreed to became Muhammad's wife. Safiyya
did not bear any children to Muhammad.
• Regarding Safiyya's Jewish descent, Muhammad once said to his wife that if other women insulted her for her
"Jewish heritage" and were jealous because of her beauty, she was to respond,
• "My father (ancestor) Harun (Aaron) was a prophet, my uncle (his brother) Musa (Moses) was a prophet, and
my husband (Muhammad) is a prophet .“
• Safiyya died in 670 or 672, during the reign of Muawiyah, and was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi graveyard.
 Hazrat Umm Habiba
• She was born in 589 or 594 CE, and was the daughter of Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb and Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As. Abu Sufyan
was the chief of the Umayya clan, and he was the leader of the whole Quraysh tribe and the most powerful opponent of
Muhammad in the period 624-630. However, he later accepted Islam and became a Muslim warrior.
• Her first husband was Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh, a brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, whom Muhammad also married.
• Muhammad sent her a proposal of marriage, which arrived on the day she completed her Iddah (widow's waiting period).
• The marriage ceremony took place in Abyssinia even though Muhammad was not present. Umm Habiba chose Khalid ibn
Said as her legal guardian at the ceremony. The Negus (King) of Abyssinia read out the Khutba himself, and Khalid ibn
Said made a speech in reply.
• After spending plenty of time in Medina, Umm Habiba died in the year 45 A.H. (664 or 665 C.E.) during the Kingship of
her brother, Muawiyah I. She was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi cemetery next to other wives of Muhammad.
• The Hadith literature includes about sixty-five hadiths narrated by Umm Habiba. Muhammad al-Bukhari and Muslim b. al-
Hajjaj agreed on two of them, and Muslim took two of them alone.
 Hazrat Maria
• She was born in 628 C.E, she was sent to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628 as a gift
by Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, during the territory's Persian occupation.
She and her sister were slaves. She spent the rest of her life in Medina where she converted
to Islam and lived with Muhammad where she bore a son, Ibrahim. The son would die as an
infant and then she died almost five years later.
• Like Rayhana bint Zayd, there is some debate between historians and scholars as to whether
Maria ever became Muhammad's wife or remained a concubine, An indication that she was a
concubine is that when she bore her son to Muhammad, she was set free.
• Hazrat Maria died in 637C.E.
 (Hazrat Umm al Masakin)Hazrat Zaynab bint
• She was born in Mecca in 595 AD Khuzaymah
• Zaynab bint Khuzaymah, also known as Umm al-Masākīn, was the fifth wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• There are conflicting reports as to whether Zaynab was "beautiful"] and refused many offers of marriage or whether
she was shunned. However, in February 625 her cousin Qubaysa (brother of her first husband) arranged for her to
marry Muhammad.
• It has been suggested that Muhammad proposed or agreed to the match in order to provide for a deserving widow
who would otherwise have been reduced to poverty. It was said the marriage was meant to reassure his followers that
their deaths in battle would not mean their families would starve and be neglected. An alternative suggestion is that
the marriage was politically motivated, "cultivating good relations with her own tribe of ‘Amir b. Sa’sa’ah."[16]
• One story about their married life tells how a poor man came to Zaynab’s house to beg for some flour. She gave him
the last of what she had and had no food for herself that night. Moved by her compassion, Muhammad told his other
wives about it, saying: "If you have faith in Allah ... he will provide for your sustenance even as he does for the birds,
who leave their nest hungry in the morning but return full at night".
• . She died in October 625, aged about thirty. Muhammad carried her to Jannat al-Baqi and recited the funeral prayers,
then three of her brothers descended into her grave to lay the corpse.
 Hazrat Maymunah
• Hazrat Maymunah was born in 594 C.E in Mecca, Her father was Al-Harith ibn
Hazn from the Hilali tribe of Mecca. Her mother was Hind bint Awf from
the Himyari tribe in Yemen.
• She married Muhammad in 629 in Sarif, about 10 miles (16 kilometres) from Mecca,
just after the Lesser Pilgrimage. She was in her late 30s when she married
him. Maymuna lived with Muhammad for three years until his death in 632.
• Maymuna's death date is controversial. According to Al-Tabari: "Maymuna died in
the year 61 AH (680–681 CE) during the caliphate of Yazid I. She was the last of
the wives of the Prophet to die, and her age was then 80 or 81. However, Al-Tabari
asserts elsewhere that Umm Salama outlived Maymuna.