The conclusion is that the Messenger (peace be upon him) married for the benefit of Islam and the call, for noble motives and sublime reasons, like solving disagreements, avoiding calamities, strengthening relationships for the benefit of Islam, and some of them due to revelation from Allah.
She was a notable teacher of Islamic law and a partisan of Ali. Her original name was "Barra" but he called her "Maymuna", meaning the blessed, as his marriage to her had also marked the first time in seven years when he could enter his hometown Mecca.[101].
She was the daughter of a Muslim warrior who hoped to advance his career by becoming Muhammad's father-in-law. These are the eleven wives that the Messenger (peace be upon him) married and with whom he consummated the marriage. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) married Sawda bint Zamʿa after Khadijah died and before he immigrated to Medina.
After Khawla's death, the family tried to substitute Sharaf. She said to him "I wish it was I who was suffering instead of you."[92]. In another tradition, Muhammad changed his mind and broke off the contract. She jumped up in haste and excited the admiration of the Messenger of God, so that he turned away murmuring something that could scarcely be understood.
[25], The majority of traditional sources state that Aisha was betrothed to Muhammad at the age of six or seven, but she stayed in her parents' home until the age of nine, or ten according to Ibn Hisham,[30] when the marriage was consummated with Muhammad, then 53, in Medina.
There are disagreements in Muslim tradition whether Muhammad first married Sawda or Aisha, but Sawda is usually regarded as his second wife and she was living with him before Aisha joined the household.
Al-Tabari also excludes from the fifteen several other women with whom Muhammad had some kind of marriage contract but who, due to legal technicalities, never became full wives. She and her husband were among those who immigrated and were separated from her parents and relatives, so the Messenger (peace be upon him) married her in order to protect and look after her and her children. She was a tanner who had been an early convert to Islam. Amira Sonbol, “Rise of Islam: 6th to 9th century”, Anwar Al Awlaki, The Life of the Prophet Muhammad, the Makkan Period, CD 5, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFSpellberg1994 (, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFArmstrong1992 (, Freyer Stowasser (1996), p. 88, Oxford University Press, For example Qadi Iyad ibn Musa al-Yahsubi, V. Vacca, Safiyya bt.
However, with multiple wives, there were a lot more sources to the knowledge, making it more difficult to discredit it. a hollow pearl that looks like a splendid palace, where there will be no noise or fatigue’ related by Al-Bukhari. [47], After Muhammad's final battle against his Meccan enemies, he diverted his attention to stopping the Banu Mustaliq's raid on Medina. Allah sent His greetings of peace to her through Gibrael (peace be upon him), which Allah’s Messenger relayed to her. [74] Thus, Muhammad's marriage resulted in the freedom of nearly one hundred families whom he had recently enslaved.
Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy Allah's Messenger, or that ye should marry his wives after him at any time.
Ibn Ishaq, cited in Guillaume, A. When Muhammad proposed her marriage, she was reluctant for three reasons: she claimed to suffer from jealousy and pointed out the prospect of an unsuccessful marriage, her old age, and her young family that needed support. There Maymuna bint al-Harith proposed marriage to him. Helping out the widows of his companions. The noble Messenger (peace be upon him) married Hafsa bint Umar after the immigration. [29] Sawda offered to give her turn of Muhammad's conjugal visits to Aisha, of whom she was very fond,[29] stating that she "was old, and cared not for men; her only desire was to rise on the Day of Judgment as one of his wives". [7], The objectives of Muhammad's marriages have been described as:[8][9], Muhammad's first marriage was at the age of about 25 to Khadijah. [21] During their marriage, Khadija purchased the slave Zayd ibn Harithah, then adopted the young man as her son at Muhammad's request. [46], In 626, Rayhana bint Zayd, was a Jewish woman from the Banu Nadir tribe, enslaved along with others after the defeat of the Banu Qurayza tribe.
Her father informed him that she suffered from a serious disease, whereupon Muhammad broke off the engagement. Safiyya, for example, aided the Caliph Uthman during his siege. [57] This story has been rejected by most Muslim scholars[59][60][61] mainly because of its lack of having any chain of narration and its complete absence from any authentic hadith. List of all Prophets Names ( from Adam to Muhammad) with their ages in the Quran Islam in order, Prophets Of Allah أنبِيَاء الله 124000 Messengers of Islam. However, Layla's family warned her that she was too "jealous and whip-tongued" to adapt well to polygamy, which would cause political problems for the whole community. 8, p. 47, Cited in Muhammad Fathi Mus'ad, The Wives of the Prophet Muhammad: Their Strives and Their Lives, p.177, Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat, vol.
She gave some of Muhammad's other wives gifts from her jewels that she brought with her from Khaybar. He enslaved all the women and selected Rayhana for himself because she was the most beautiful. After Abu Bakr had collected the copy, he gave it to Hafsa, who preserved it until Uthman took it, copied it and distributed it in Muslim lands.[104].
At first, Muhammad himself was unsure of what to believe, but eventually trusted Aisha's protestations of innocence. 4, p. 230, Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili, Musnad, vol.
Gibrael came to the Messenger (peace be upon him) and said, ‘Oh Messenger of Allah, this is Khadijah coming to you with a container holding meat soup, or food or drink. And Sa'id said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven). [42][43][44], The death of Zaynab coincided with that of Abu Salamah, a devout Muslim and Muhammad's foster brother, as a result of his wounds from the Battle of Uhud. Umar was the second closest advisor for the Messenger (peace be upon him).
[27] Some traditions maintain that Muhammad did not intend to divorce her, but only Sawda feared or thought that he would. She was eventually taken home by Safw'an bin Mu'attal. [98] He sent a proposal for marriage to Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, who, was in Abyssinia at the time when she learned her husband had died. 66 years old.
Zaynab excelled at leather-crafts. And when Zaid divorced her, an ayah (verse) in the Quran was revealed ordering the Messenger (peace be upon him) to marry her.
Spreading the message by uniting different clans through marriage.
She died in October 625.
She initially fell among the booty of Muhammad's companion Thabit b. Qays b. Al-Shammas. Muhammad then offered to marry her, and she accepted.