In the name of Allah, Most

Merciful, Most Compassionate

 Why did the Prophet
Mohammad (PBUH) have
?many wives
 If someone asks you that
question, either in a good or
in a bad intention, will you
?be able to answer
Here is the answer, as given
in a lecture by Amro Khalid
about the Mothers of the
believers ( the Prophet’s
(wives
Let’s first ask ourselves,
how many wives did the
?Prophet had
They were twelve. When he
died there were ten wives
with him, while Khadija
and Zaynab died in his life
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 Prophet’s (PBUH(
wives married someone for
the first time (i.e. were they
(? all virgins
Only one, Aaishah, all the
rest were either widows or
. divorced
? Were they all Arabs
All, except for Mariya, who
.was from Egypt
? Where they all Muslims
All but two; Safiya who
was a Jew , and Mariya
. who was a Christian
Now, let’s answer the main
and very important
question: Was it lust that
caused the prophet (PBUH(
?to have so many marriages
To answer the question we
have to mention the
: following facts
The Prophet married for- 1
the first time when he was
. 25 years old
The first woman he married ,- 2
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
From 52 till 60, he married- 3
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
It’s not logical to say that lust
had appeared suddenly at the
Prophet’s life at 52, and at
the middle of the fierce
physical and psychological
struggle to spread Islam
There is only one conclusion we can
:extract from the above
Mohammad (PBUH( the man- 1
married Khadijah
Mohammad (PBUH( the Prophet- 2
. married the rest of his wives
 But , was Mohammad
(PBUH) the only Prophet to
have multiple wives? Or
polygamy was taken by
?other Prophets as well
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, let’s mention the
political, social and religious
reasons the prophet (PBUH(
. had these marriages
 First: To spread the culture through eyewitnesses with all the
details known only to intimate people. Hazrat Aaishah
(R.A(, 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 (pbuh( used to
do or say in all aspects of life, so that people do and say the
…same in the similar situations
 Hazrat Aaishah (R.A), was the most
knowledgeable person when it comes to the
daily life of the Muslims and how it should go
as was lived by the Prophet (PBUH) himself .
But how can he (PBUH) 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 Bakr’s
daughter and Omar's sister, married his
daughters to Othman and Ali, May God be
.pleased with them all
 Third: out of mercy and rewarding the
early Muslim widows and divorcees he
(PBUH) 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 (PBUH) 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 (PBUH) married
Safiyah after her father , a Jew, embraced
Islam , so giving him and his daughter the
honor among his people
 Fifth: He (PBUH) 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
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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