Wives of Prophet Muhammad

Originally posted by FaithHealer3 at 16-707-2004 07:00:

How many wives did "prophet" Muhammad really had? :hmm:...

What were the reasons behind the several marriages of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace?

Some critics of Islam, either because they are not aware of the facts about the marriages of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace, or because they are not honest and objective about those facts, have reviled the Prophet as a self-indulgent libertine. They have accused him of character failings, which are hardly compatible with being of average virtue, let alone with being a prophet and God抯 last Messenger and the best model for all mankinds to follow. However, if the facts are simply recounted-and they are easily available from scores of biographies and well-authenticated accounts of his sayings and actions-it becomes clear that the Prophet lived the most strictly disciplined life, that his marriages were a part of that discipline, a part of the many, many burdens that he bore as God抯 last Messenger.
The reasons behind the Prophet抯 several marriages are various, but even in the privateness of some of those reasons, they all had to do with his role as the leader of the new Muslim ummah, guiding his people towards the norms and values of Islam. In the following pages we shall try to explain some of those reasons and, in so doing, demonstrate that the charges leveled against the Prophet on this count are as vile and indecent as they are utterly false.

The Prophet, not at that time called to his future mission, first married at the age of twenty-five. Given the cultural environment, in which he lived, not to mention the climate and other considerations such as his youth, it is remarkable that he should have enjoyed a reputation for perfect chastity as well as integrity and trustworthiness generally. As soon as he was called to the prophethood he acquired enemies who did not hesitate to publicise false calumnies against him-but not once did any of them (and in their jahiliyya (ignorance) they were not scrupulous men) dare to invent against him what no-one could have believed. It is important to realise that his life was founded upon chastity and self-discipline from the outset, and so remained.

At the age of twenty-five, then, and in the prime of life, Muhammad, upon him be peace, married Khadijah, a woman much his senior in years. This marriage was very high and exceptional in the eyes of the Prophet and God. For twenty-three years, his life with Khadijah was a period of uninterrupted contentment in perfect fidelity. In the eighth year of prophethood, however, Khadijah passed away and the Prophet was once again single, as he had been until the age of twenty-five, though now with children. His enemies cannot deny, but are forced to admit that, during all these long years, they cannot find a single flaw in his moral character. During the lifetime of Khadijah, the Prophet took no other wife, although public opinion among his people would have allowed him to do so had he wished to. After Khadijah抯 death, he lived a single life for four or five years. All his other marriages began after he reached the age of fifty-five, an age by which very little real interest and desire for marriage remains. The allegation that his marriages after this age were an expression of licentiousness or self-indulgence, is as groundless as it is foul.

A question people often ask is: How can the plurality of his marriages be in accord with his role as the Prophet? There are three points to be made in answering this question, but first let us recognize that those who continually raise such questions are either atheists (who themselves have no religion) or are 憄eople of the Book

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 20-707-2004 15:27:
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1 - Khadijah
Khadijah, radi Allahu anha, was the first among the Prophet抯 wives. At the time of her marriage, she was forty years old and Muhammad, upon him be peace, was twenty-five. She was the mother of all his children except a son, Ibrahim, who did not live long. As well as being a wife, Khadijah was also a friend to her husband, the sharer of his inclinations and ideals to a remarkable degree. Their marriage was wonderfully blessed; they lived together in profound harmony for twenty-three years. Through every contumely and outrage heaped upon him by the idolaters, through every persecution, Khadijah was his dearest companion and helper. He loved her very deeply and did not marry any other woman during her lifetime. This marriage is the ideal of intimacy, friendship, mutual respect, support and consolation, for all marriages. Though faithful and loyal to all his wives, he never forgot Khadijah after her death and mentioned her virtues and merits extensively on many occasions. The Prophet did not marry for another four to five years after Khadijah抯 death. Providing their daily food and provisions, bearing their troubles and hardships, Muhammad, upon him be peace, looked after his children and performed the duties of mother as well as father. To allege of such a man that he was a sensualist or suffered from lust for women, is as disgraceful and as stupid a lie as can be imagined. For if there were even the least grain of truth in it, he could not have lived as we know that he did.

2 - A'isha
慉抜sha, radi Allahu anha was his second wife, though not in the order of marriages. She was the daughter of his closest friend and devoted follower, Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr, one of the earliest converts to Islam had long hoped to cement the deep attachment that existed between himself and the Prophet, by giving to him his daughter in marriage. By marrying 慉抜sha the Prophet accorded the highest honour and courtesy to a man who had shared all the good and bad times with him throughout his mission. In this way, Abu Bakr and 慉抜sha Siddiqa acquired the distinction of being spiritually and physically near to the Prophet.

Moreover, 慉抜sha, who proved to be a remarkably intelligent and wise woman, had both the nature and temperament to carry forward the work of prophetic mission. Her marriage was the schooling through which she was prepared as a spiritual guide and teacher to the whole of the female world. She became one of the major students and disciples of the Prophet and through him, like so many of the Muslims of that blessed time, her skills and talents were matured and perfected, so that she joined him in the abode of bliss both as wife and as student. Her life and her services to Islam after her marriage prove that such an exceptional person was worthy to be the wife of the Prophet. For, when the time came, she proved herself one of the greatest authorities on Hadith, an excellent commentator on the Qur抋n and a most distinguished and knowledgeable expert (faqih) in Islamic law. She truly represented the inward and outward qualities and experiences (zahir and batin) of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace, through her unique understanding. This is surely why the Prophet was told in his dream that he would marry 慉抜sha, and thus, when she was innocent and knew nothing about men and worldly affairs, she was prepared and entered into the Prophet抯 household.

3 - Umm Salamah
Umm Salamah, radi Allahu anha, was from the clan of Makhzum. She was first married to her cousin. The couple had embraced Islam at the very beginning and emigrated to Abyssinia, to avoid the persecutions of the Quraysh. After returning from Abyssinia, the couple and their four children migrated to Madinah. Her husband participated in many battles and received severe wounds at the battle of Uhud from which he later died. Abu Bakar and 慤mar proposed marriage to Umm Salamah, aware of her needs and suffering as a widow with children to support and no means of doing so. She refused because, according to her judgement, no-one could be better than her late husband.

Some time after that, the Prophet himself offered to marry her. This was quite right and natural. For this great woman who had never shied from sacrifice and suffering for her faith in Islam was now alone after having lived many years in the noblest clan of Arabia. She could not be neglected and left to beg her way in life. Considering her piety, sincerity and all that she had suffered, she certainly deserved to be helped. By taking her into his household, the Prophet was doing what he had been doing since his youth, namely befriending those who were lacking in friends, supporting those who were unsupported, protecting those who were unprotected. In the circumstances in which Umm Salamah found herself, there was no kinder or more gracious way to give her what she lacked.

Umm Salamah was intelligent and quick in comprehension just as 慉抜sha was. She had all the capacities and gifts to become a spiritual guide and teacher. When the gracious and compassionate Prophet took her under his protection, a new student to whom all the female world would be grateful, was accepted into the school of knowledge and guidance. Let us recall that, at this time, the Prophet was approaching the age of sixty. For him to have married a widow with many children, to have accepted the expenses and responsibilities that entailed, cannot be understood otherwise than in humble admiration for the infinite reserves of his humanity and compassion.

4 - Umm Habibah
Umm Habibah, radi Allahu anha, was the daughter of Abu Sufyan who, for a long time had been the most determined enemy of the Prophet抯 mission, and the most determined supporter of kufr (unbelief). Yet his daughter was one of the earliest converts to Islam. She emigrated to Abyssinia because of persecution by the unbelievers. Whilst there, her husband converted to Christianity. As she remained a Muslim, she separated from him. When, shortly after that, her husband died she was all alone, and desperate, in exile.
The Companions of the Prophet were then few in number and had little in the way of material wealth to support themselves, let alone to support others. What then were the practical options open to Umm Habibah? She might convert to Christianity and so obtain support from the Christians, but that was unthinkable. She might return to her father抯 home, now a headquarters of the war against Islam, but that too was unthinkable. She might wander from household to household as a beggar, but again it was an unthinkable option for one who belonged to one of the richest and noblest Arab families to bring shame upon her family name by doing so.
God recompensed Umm Habibah for all that she lost or sacrificed in the way of Islam. She had suffered a lonely exile in an insecure environment among people of a race and religion different from her own; she was made wretched too by her husband抯 conversion and death. The Prophet, on learning of her plight, responded by sending an offer of marriage through the king Negus. This was an action both noble and generous, and a practical proof of the verse: We have not sent you save as a mercy for all creatures (al-Anbiya

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 20-707-2004 15:30:
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5 - Zainab bint Jahsh
Zainab bint Jahsh, radi Allahu anha, was also a lady of noble birth, descended and a close relative of the Prophet. She was, moreover, a woman of great piety, who fasted much, kept long vigils, and gave generously to the poor. When the Prophet asked for the hand of Zainab for Zaid, Zainab抯 family and Zainab herself were at first unwilling. The family had hoped to marry their daughter to the Prophet. Naturally, when they realized that it was the Prophet抯 wish that Zainab should marry Zaid, they all consented out of deference to their love for the Prophet and his authority. In this way, the marriage took place.

Zaid had been taken captive as a child in the course of tribal wars and sold as a slave. The noble Khadija whose slave he was, presented him to Muhammad, upon him be peace, on the occasion of her marriage to the future Prophet. The Prophet immediately gave Zaid his freedom and shortly afterwards adopted him as his son. The reason for his insistence on Zaid抯 marriage to Zainab was to establish and fortify equality between the Muslims, to make this ideal a reality. His desire was to break down the ancient Arab prejudice against a slave or even freedman marrying a 慺ree-born

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 20-707-2004 15:33:
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CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION
Such were the circumstances and noble motives of the several marriages of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace. We see that these marriages were intended to provide helpless or widowed women with dignified subsistence in the absence of all other means; to console and honour enraged or estranged tribes people, to bring those who had been enemies into some degree of relationship and harmony; to gain for the cause of Islam certain uniquely gifted individuals, in particular some exceptionally talented women; to establish new norms of relationship between different people within the unifying brotherhood of faith in God; and to honour with family bonds the men who were to be the first leaders of the Muslim ummah after him. These marriages had nothing at all to do with self-indulgence or personal desire or lust or any other of the absurd and vile charges laid against the Prophet by Islam's embittered enemies. With the exception of A'isha, all of the Prophet's wives were widows, and all his marriages (after that with the noble Khadijah) were contracted when he was already an old man. Far from being acts of self-indulgence then, these marriages were acts of self-discipline.

It was a part of that discipline that the Prophet, upon him be peace, provided for each of his wives with the most meticulously observed justice, dividing equally whatever slender resources he allowed to his household for their subsistence, accommodation and allowance generally. He also divided his time with them equally, and regarded and treated them with equal friendship and respect. That his household (despite the fact that his wives came from different backgrounds and had acquired different tastes and temperaments) got on well with each other, is no small tribute to his genius for creating peace and harmony. With each of them, he was not only a provider but a friend and companion.

A final point to be made is that the number of wives the Prophet had was by a special dispensation within the Law of Islam and unique to his person. Some of the merits and wisdom of this dispensation, as we understand them, have been explained. The number of wives for any other Muslim may not exceed four at any one time. When that Revelation restricting polygamy came, the Prophet's marriages had already been contracted. Thereafter, the Prophet also was prohibited to marry again. May God bless him and grant him peace, and may He enable us to understand and follow his noble example.

And only Allah knows best.

[ Last edited by Mat Kampong on 20-7-2004 at 03:43 PM ]

Sephiroth

When that Revelation restricting polygamy came, the Prophet's marriages had already been contracted.  

Is Islam (your Religion) based on what revealed by Allah to those who worship Him OR based on what Muhammad does?

There IS a big difference in both.

Debmey

teachings of islam somehow seem to favour muhamd only. He gets to rape, have multiple wives, gets to marry the widows of fallen muslims but does not allow any of his wives to remarry.
I think allah is subjected to muhamad.
Ahahahahahahahahaha...................

cheers

FaithHealer3

Hello Mat, you gave the names which already been mentioned and you left out few names. By now we already know Muhammad had more than 9wives.

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 2004-7-20 01:33 PM:
1 - Khadijah
2 - A'isha
3 - Umm Salamah
4 - Umm Habibah
5 - Zainab bint Jahsh
6 - Juwayriyah b. Harith
7 - Safiyyah
8 - Sawdah b. Zam慳h b. Qays
9 - Hafsah

:hmm:
You didn't mention the following wives...

Zainab Bint Khuzaima (Umm-ul-Masakin)-Quresh
Marya Qibtiya Bint Shamun-Egyptian
Maimuna Bint Hrith-Arab
Raihana Bint Umru Bin Hanafa-Arab

FaithHealer3

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 2004-7-20 01:35 PM:
These marriages had nothing at all to do with self-indulgence or personal desire or lust or any other of the absurd and vile charges laid against the Prophet by Islam's embittered enemies...

YEAH RIGHT!

It must have been difficult to have sexual intercourse with 9 ladies in one night without lust...

If you had said, those marriages had nothing to do with love... then i boleh agree with you lah, tapi if you say there was no lust then me got to say... lu mau tipu siapa?

Seraphim

Hhhhmmm.....prophet Muhammad married because he wanted to "take care" of widows and occasionally "provide sex" because the wives "wanted" so..No "sexual lust" involved "here" from Prophet Muhammad..He's a "noble"person..

Originally posted by FaithHealer3 at 21-707-2004 06:21:


YEAH RIGHT!

It must have been difficult to have sexual intercourse with 9 ladies in one night without lust...

If you had said, those marriages had nothing to do with <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=love&v=56">love</a>.. ...

Binatang dijadikan Allah mempunyai nafsu tanpa akal fikiran.
Manusia pula dijadikan dijadikan Allah mempunyai nafsu dan akal fikiran.

Kalau manusia tak RETI kawal nafsunya, maka manusia akan jadi lebih ganas daripada binatang... macam sex sejenis.. binatang jantan mana titik binatang jantan TAPI manusia, jantan sama jantan pun dia ada nafsu atau pompuan sama pompuan pun dia ada nafsu.

Lu jangan jadi BODO! wahai FaithHealer3,
Sapa mau tipu sama lu... gua tatak untung pun! Lu agama lu gua agam gua!
Tapi, kalau takde nafsu macamana 'anu kau' mau naik - sebab itu fungsi nafsu!
What MK means kerana 'nafsu giler' tu saperti King Henry VII yang sanggup ubah hukum agama kerana GILER nak kahwin bila tengok pompuan dahi licin... itu dinamakan bersultan dimata beraja dihati.. kerana syiok punya pasal dan takde keimanan dan orang disekelilingnya tamakkan dunia, maka RC pun jadi Protestant... what is this? Agama boleh main-main.. suka dan tak suka..
Dulu kata kahwin sampai mati... tapi now boleh bercerai pulak.. itu ler kalau agama ciptaan manusia PENIPU!!!

Originally posted by FaithHealer3 at 21-707-2004 05:57:

Hello Mat, you gave the names which already been mentioned and you left out few names. By now we already know Muhammad had more than 9wives.
:hmm:
You didn't mention the following ...

U cerita dulu mana lu tahu nama-nama ini:
- Zainab Bint Khuzaima (Umm-ul-Masakin)-Quresh
- Marya Qibtiya Bint Shamun-Egyptian
- Maimuna Bint Hrith-Arab
- Raihana Bint Umru Bin Hanafa-Arab

Lepas tu baru boleh cerita...



MK: Lu ada ulterior motives sebenarnya... but it's okay with MK

Sephiroth

by Seraphim

Hhhhmmm.....prophet Muhammad married because he wanted to "take care" of widows and occasionally "provide sex" because the wives "wanted" so..No "sexual lust" involved "here" from Prophet Muhammad..He's a "noble"person..

If he so noble, he couldn't send the husband to die in vain, would he? ;)

Reminds me of Napoleon ... at one time, he was having an affair with the wife of one of his Leftanen so he send the man in a suicide mission to Britain, thinking that the man will die and Napoleon could grab the widow. The British pissed him off by sending the captured man right back. :lol

There is a widely prevailing misconception about the Bible's New Testament prohibiting polygamy.  The Bible allows polygamy in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.   Please don't forget to visit the Christian sites that agree with Polygamy in the New Testament that MK shown at the bottom.

A brief look at polygamy in the Old Testament:
Let us look at some of the verses from the Old Testament that allow polygamy:
In Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry.

In 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and numerous concubines.

In 1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.

In 2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines.

In Deuteronomy 21:15 "If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons...."

There are a lot more verses from the Old Testament that allow polygamy, but I think that the above are sufficient enough to prove MK point.

Polygamy in the New Testament:
Before MK present the verses from the New Testament that allow polygamy, MK first would like to prove to you that Jesus peace be upon him did honor the laws of the Old Testament, and did order his followers (the Christians as we call them) to follow the laws of the Old Testament:
Jesus said: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.  I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished.  (Matthew 5:17-18)"

Christians always say as an excuse "Oh this law doesn't exist in the New Testament, it is only the Old Testament."  Well, according to Matthew 5:17-18 above, we clearly see that Jesus honored the Old Testament, and forces Christians to follow the unmodified laws of it that have not been replaced by newer ones in the New Testament.  The Old Testament as we clearly see above does indeed allow polygamy without a shadow of a doubt!
There is not a single verse from the New Testament that prohibits polygamy.  

Conclusion:
The Bible in both the Old Testament and the New Testament does allow polygamy.   Jesus peace be upon him never prohibited polygamy.  Jesus lived for 33 years of his life on earth among a nation who practiced polygamy.  He never even once denounced it!  In fact, in Jesus' parable in Matthew 25:1-13, he clearly allowed polygamy, and also he seems to allow all wives to be naked in the same room with their one husband!
The Bible does allow men to marry an infinite amount of women.  Women in Christianity can be treated and considered as nothing but sex objects because the Bible doesn't have any rules or controls over men in this issue.  Also, women in the Bible are forced to marry men in special cases such as forcing childless widows to marry their brothers in law.  It doesn't matter whether the widow wants to marry her brother in law or not, she will still have to do it anyway without any choice!.  
Another case where women in the Bible are forced to marry men is when a man rapes a single woman, then she must marry him and she can't get a divorce from him (no matter how bad he is) for the rest of her life according to Deuteronomy 22:28-30.  Only death can separate her from him!  

Organization for Christian Polygamy:hug::hug::hug:
Polygamy is in the Bible. Polygamy is found throughout history. These facts prove that marriage's definition includes plural marriage. Polygamy is a far older traditional marriage than anti-polygamy - http://www.truthbearer.org/ :hug::hug::hug:

FaithHealer3

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 2004-7-21 03:01 PM:
U cerita dulu mana lu tahu nama-nama ini:
- Zainab Bint Khuzaima (Umm-ul-Masakin)-Quresh
- Marya Qibtiya Bint Shamun-Egyptian
- Maimuna Bint Hrith-Arab
- Raihana Bint Umru Bin Hanafa-Arab

Lepas tu baru boleh cerita...

Tu nama2, Supermod Darsita kasi punya loh. Tapi i pun dah lama kenal kebanyakan nama2 tu.
Lu tak tau ker? Don't worry, you are not alone, kebanyakkan muslim tak tau nama2 isteri2 nabi Muhammad. Ade yg ingat Muhammad ade 4 bini aje.

Bagi i the list confusing sikit 'cos of this two person... Marya(a.k.a Mariam/Maria) dan Raihana(a.k.a Rayhana). Dua2 ni isteri(wife) ker gundik(concubine)? Concubine boleh dimasukan dlm kategori wife ker?
Ade yg kata, dua2 ni isteri Muhammad ade pulak kata hanya gundik. Ade pulak yg kata dulu gundik kemudian jadi isteri.

Anyway,
Some info about Zainab Bint Khuzaima... not the daughter-in-law-turn-wife Zainab and Maimunah bint al-Harith can be found here --->ProphetMuhammad

However the website overlooked Maria and Raihana...
Come on, Maria (the-Copt) had a son by Muhammad named Ibrahim(who dies as an infant)... and yet they exclude her in the list.

Rayhana was one Jewish women captured after one of the battles... Battle of Khaibar i think.

Originally posted by FaithHealer3 at 22-707-2004 05:20:


Tu nama2, Supermod Darsita kasi punya loh. Tapi i pun dah lama kenal kebanyakan nama2 tu.
Lu tak tau ker? Don't worry, you are not alone, kebanyakkan muslim tak tau nama2 isteri2 ...

Entah ler tu... yang MK tahu hanya 11 dan camna boleh jadi 13 i.e. 9 + 4...
Jadi Supermod Darsita kena perbetulkan..

Yang 11 saperti berikut:
His 1st wife Khadijah r.a. binte Khuwalid Qureshi was born in 556 AD i.e. 15 years before the year of the elephant and the birth of our Prophet pbuh. Her father Khawalid bin Asad belonged to the famous tribe of Banu-Asad.
Her first husband was Abu Hala bin Nias bin Zarara Tamimi. She had two sons from this husband named Hind and Hala.
Her second husband was Attiq bin Ayed Mukhzoomi. She had one daughter from this husband. Her both husbands died.
Their sacred marriage of Khadijah r.a. with Prophet Muhammad pbuh. He was 25 years old at that time while Khadijah r.a. was a widow and 40 years old.
Six children were born from this wedlock, two sons and four daughters i.e. Qasim, Zainab r.a., Ruqqayah r.a., Kalsoom r.a. and Fatimah r.a. were born before the Prophethood while another son Abdullah was born after the Prophethood. He died at the age of two. Prophet Muhammad pbuh was 40 years old when Gabrael told him in the cave of Hira that he was the messenger of God.
Khadijah r.a. died at the age of 65 after having been happily married to the Prophet Muhammad pbuh for 25 long years and Prophet Muhammad pbuh was 50 years old.

His 2nd wife Saudah r.a. binte Zamah belonged to the Quraysh family and the tribe of Amer bin Loue. She was married to Sukran bin Umro and had the unique honour of being the first lady of this tribe who embraced Islam. She had a son named Abdul Rehman from this husband. Her husband died when she was 50 years old. Khaulah binte Hakeem who used to look after the Prophet抯 pbuh household asked for the marriage of Saudha r.a. to the Prophet pbuh. It was the month of Shawal in the 10th year of the Prophethood when she got married. She joined the Prophet pbuh seven months after he had reached Medina. Saudha r.a. treated all fellow wives with love affection and without jealousy.
Her marriage to the Prophet pbuh was primarily for looking after the day to day responsibilities of the Prophet pbuh where four small children had to be cared and looked after by some body. The Prophet pbuh married a fifty-year-old woman when he could have married a younger woman. He was very busy and working hard for the spread of the new religion. The Prophet pbuh considerations for marriage are different from ordinary man. His wife was so old that she voluntarily gave her matrimonial rights to the fellow wives. The Prophet pbuh never divorced her.
Saudha r.a. knew the craft of making leather goods. She was quite well off on account of leather goods trade. She was a great philanthropist person. She would distribute to the poor whatever she earned. She died in the 14th Hijrah year at the ripe age of 72 years. She is buried in the Baqi graveyard.

His 3rd wife Ayesha r.a. binte Abu Bakar belonged to the tribe Tayem bin Mairah bin Kaab. Her father was a cloth Merchant.
When the Messenger of Allah was born on first Rabbi-ul-Awal. The year was named the year of the Elephant. This year was also named as First Muhammadan year. On the first Rabbi-ul-Awal of the second Muhammadan year the Prophet pbuh became one year old. The Prophet pbuh got married to Khadijah r.a. on 26th Muhammadan year i.e. the age of 25 years. He migrated to Medina in 54th Muhammadan year i.e. at 53 years of age and died in 64th Muhammadan year i.e. at 63 years of age.

Ayesha r.a. was born in the 26th Muhammadan year. She was five years old when Prophet Muhammad pbuh became Prophet pbuh in 41 Muhammadan year i.e. at the age of 40. She married the Messenger of Allah in 51st Muhammadan year i.e. at the age 15 and she migrated to Medina in 54th Muhammadan year when she was 18 years. She moved into the Prophet抯 pbuh house at the age of 19 years. When the Prophet pbuh died in 64th Muhammadan year or 10th Hijra. Ayesha r.a. had completed 28 years of age. In 57th Hijrah year Ayesha r.a. fell seriously ill and on 17th of Ramadan died at the age of 73. She is buried in Baqi graveyard.

His 4th wife Hafsah r.a. binte Umar bin Khatab belonged to the tribe of Bani Adi, and was previously married to Khanais bin Hazafa, who died in the battle of Badar. Hafsah r.a. was now a widow and only 21 years at this time.
She married the Prophet pbuh of Allah in the month of Shahban in the third Hijrah year. She was well-educated person. She used to record the Surah of the Holy Quran on paper and keep in safety. She kept these pages with her throughout her life. When the Prophet pbuh died she was 28 years old she spent seven and a half years as Prophet抯 pbuh companion. Writing and compilation of the Holy Quran was done with Hafsah抯 r.a. help.
She could read and write. Temperamentally she was hot tempered due to which people were reluctant to marry her. She lost her husband in very young age. Her father a close friend of the Prophet pbuh was worried about her well being. This marriage helped Islam as it was Hafsah抯 r.a. efforts to write and save Quranic Surah which later helped Caliph Usman r.a. to compile the first complete manuscript of written Quran.
She remained with the Prophet pbuh for 7 years and six months only. She died at the age of 63 in 45th Hijrah year at the time of Caliph Ameer Maavia.

His 5th wife Zainab r.a. binte Khuziama bin Haris Qaisia was previously married to Ubaid bin Al-Haris who died in the battle of Badar. She married again to Abdullah bin Hajush. He was also killed in the war. She was a widow again. The Prophet pbuh married her when she was fifty. She lived only for eight months and died in the month of Rabbi-ul-Akhir in the 4th Hijra year. This marriage to a widow who was living in hardship having lost two previous husbands in the war was on compassionate grounds only.

His 6th wife Ume Salma r.a. binte Khazeefah Abi Ummayah Al-Mughaira was previously married to Abu Salma who died because of a wound sustained in the battle of Uhud on the third Jamadi-ul-Sani in 4th Hijrah. She had four small children from this husband and no one to support. She was only 30 years old at this time. She married the Prophet pbuh in the month of Shawal in the 4th Hijrah. After marriage she moved into the house vacated by Zainab r.a., who had died six months ago. The Prophet pbuh looked after four children too. She died in 59th Hijrah year at the age of 80 years.
This marriage too was motivated by compassion where a young widow with four small children and no one to look after got a home and sustenance for her and her children.

His 7th wife Zainab r.a binte Jahash Al Assadya was first cousin of the Prophet pbuh and quite beautiful. If the Prophet pbuh had wished to marry her, he could have done so without any difficulty. He requested her to consent for marriage to his adopted son and freed slave Zayd with whom she got married but could not get along well. This marriage ended in divorce. Her marriage to the Prophet pbuh was motivated by submitting to Allah抯 will where in (Surah Ahzab) tradition to refuse marriage with adopted son抯 divorcee was rejected and to defy law of inheritance prevailing for adopted son.
Translation of Surah Ayat 4-5;
"God has not made For any man two hearts In his (one) body: nor has He made your wives whom Ye divorce by Zihar Your mothers: nor has He Made your adopted sons Your sons. Such is (only) Your (manner of) speech By your mouths. But God Tells (you) the Truth, and He Shows the (right) Way.
Call them by (the names Of) their fathers: that is Juster in the sight of God. But if ye know not Their father抯 (names, call Them) your Brothers in faith, Or your Maulas. But there is not blame On you if ye make A mistake therein: (What counts is) The intention of your hearts: And God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful."


..to be continued..

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...continuation...

His 8th wife Javeria r.a. binte Haris bin Abi Zarar was the daughter of Haris of Umro bin Amer who belonged to Yemen where Queen Sabha ruled those days. Her father was settled in Hajjaz. Haris was the leader of his tribe.
Her name given by her father was Burah. When she grew older, she married a man named Musahfah. Her father Haris bin Abi Zarar and her husband Musahfah were deadly against the Muslims and the Prophet pbuh. Her husband was killed in the Battle of Bani Mutlik but her father fled away from the scene. In this battle six hundred prisoners were taken amongst whom was Burah the daughter of the Chief of the tribe. She was given to Salit bin Qais Ansari as maid. She protested in front of the Prophet pbuh, and said, "She is daughter of a chief of the tribe, and not used to being a slave and maid servant".
The Prophet pbuh paid money for her freedom and set her free, she was so moved by this noble gesture of the Prophet pbuh that she refused to go to her father but to stay in service of the Prophet pbuh. The Prophet pbuh asked her hand in marriage and sent a message to her father who happily agreed. When she married the Prophet pbuh she was 20 years old. The Prophet pbuh changed her name from Burah to Javaria r.a. The father of Burah was so moved by these acts of the Prophet pbuh that he also embraced Islam. The Prophet pbuh set free forty more slaves of this tribe. When other Muslims came to know of this gesture, they all set free their slaves and thus this great tribe embraced Islam and became a great source of strength for the Muslims.
When the Prophet pbuh died Javairia r.a. was 21 years old. She lived with the Prophet pbuh for one year only. She died at the age of 71 years in the 56th Hijrah year. She is buried in the Baqi graveyard.
Javairia抯 family and her tribesmen were strong and deadly opponent of the Islam and the Prophet pbuh. Her marriage to the Prophet pbuh helped conversion of whole of this strong tribe. These new converts became a source of great strength for future spread of Islam in the region.

His 9th wife Ramla Ume-Habibah r.a. binte Abu Sufyan was named Rumla. She was married to Ubaid Ullah. When atrocities of Quraysh of Makkah against Muslims increased, Rumla and Ubaid Ullah migrated to Habsyah, where Najashi was the king. Ubaid Ullah impressed by the wealthy way of life of Christians in the Kingdom, revoked his faith and became a Christian. Rumla divorced him and started to live there as a widow.
The king of Habsyah embraced Islam in the sixth Hijrah year on the invitation of the Prophet pbuh. When the Prophet pbuh learnt that Ume Habibah r.a. was living in Habsyah in great hardship, he sent a proposal to the king Najashi to ask her hand in marriage. She happily agreed to this proposal. She had a daughter named Habibah from her previous husband. Ume Habibah r.a. was 36 years old when she married with the Prophet pbuh.
Her father was Abu Sufyan, the chief of Quraysh of Makkah. Abu Sufyan was chief of the Quraysh of Makkah. He was also a great opponent of the Prophet pbuh and Islam. He once came to meet with the Prophet pbuh in Medina. He had met her daughter after 14 years. She refused him the privilege to sit on the bed of the Prophet pbuh, as he was non-Muslim and unclean.
His daughter, who had migrated to Habsyah along with other Muslims, was divorced and living there in hardship. Her marriage to the Prophet pbuh relieved her hardship and brought her father and his relatives under the umbrella of Islam. This marriage was motivated by political reasons and for the cause of Islam.
He was very upset on this behaviour of her daughter. He later embraced Islam, and took part in the battle of Yarmouk in Caliph Usman's time. He lost his second eye in this battle. His first eye was lost in the Battle of Ta'if. He died in the 3rd Hijrah year at the age of 96 years. He is buried in the Baqi graveyard.
Ume Habibah r.a.died at 74 years of age in the 44th Hijrah. She is buried in the house of Caliph Ali r.a. in Medina.

His 10th wife Safia  binte Haye bin Akhtab was the daughter of Haye bin Akhtab who was a great scholar of Taura and chief of Banu Naseer. He broke the pact reached between the Prophet pbuh and the Jews of the neighbouring tribes of Medina. When expelled from Medina, he was accepted as chief of the Jews of Khyber. He was from amongst the direct descendants of Prophet Haroon the real brother of the Prophet Moses.
Safia r.a. was married to Salam bin Mushkum who belonged to the Tribe of Banu Qareenta. He was a great swordsman and a poet. There was great disparity amongst the views of Safia r.a. and her husband. They were divorced soon after their marriage. Soon she married again to Kunana bin Rabeeh bin Abi-Alhaqeeq.
Haye bin Akhtab broke his pledge for the third time and joined Quraysh of Makkah and other tribes to attack Medina in the Battle of Moat. This was a sever violation of the pledge where Jews had agreed not to fight against Muslims. When the siege of Medina was broken and the Jews were forced to retreat, the Prophet pbuh was informed about the continuos intrigue of Banu Qareenta. The Prophet pbuh perused and surrounded their tribe to stop them from further intrigue. He rounded up their men and killed them in the battle. Their women and children were taken captives.
After the death of Haye bin Akhtab, Kanana bin Rabee, the second husband of Safia r.a. became the chief of Jews of Khyber and continued his intrigues against the Muslims. The Prophet pbuh attacked them in their fortresses in Khyber to put an end to their intrigues forever.
The Jews of Khyber surrendered and accepted their defeat. The land confiscated from Jews of Banu Naseer and other Jews of Medina was returned to the Jews of Khyber on the condition that they would cultivate and give half of its yield to the Muslims. After the Battle of Khyber ended, Safia r.a. whose husband had been killed in the battle was taken captive.
She was brought before the Prophet pbuh. As she was the daughter of the chief of Banu Naseer and Banu Kareenta, the Prophet pbuh paid money for her freedom and set her free. She accepted Islam instead of returning to her people. She decided to stay with the Prophet pbuh who married her in the month of Jamadi-ul-Awal in the 7th Hijrah year. When Safia r.a. married the Prophet pbuh, she was 17 years old.
She was Jewish by religion and daughter of a Jew scholar well respected in the Jewish community of Arabia. Her marriage to the Prophet pbuh put an end to the intrigues of Jews and the relations between Muslims and Jews improved considerably.
She remained married to the Prophet pbuh for four years only. She died at the age of 60 and is buried in the Baqi graveyard.

His 11th wife Maimoona r.a. binte Haris Ameria Hilalia was daughter of the Haris Ameria Hilalia of the tribe of Qais bin Eilan. Her given name was Burah. She was previously married to Masood bin Umer bin Ameer, which soon ended in divorce. Burah married again to Abu Duham bin Abdul Azee who also died soon. She had no children from these marriages.
She married the Prophet pbuh while he was in Makkah performing Umrah. The Prophet pbuh changed her name from Burah to Maimoona r.a. He was 59 years old at that time. She was the last woman whom he married. After this marriage all members of the tribe of Halab bin Amer became close and faithful allies of the Muslims.
On 29th of the month of Sufar Almuzapher in the 11th Hijrah year the Prophet pbuh got swear headache when he returned from a funeral. He was with Maimoona in her house during this illness but later moved to the house of Ayesha r.a.
She remained married to the Prophet pbuh for three years and three months only. She was 39 years old when the Prophet pbuh died. Maimoona r.a. died in the 51st Hijrah year at the age of 81 years. She is buried near Makkah where she met the Prophet pbuh after marriage.
The timing of this marriage had great political benefit for Islam. Maimoona r.a. was closely related to Prophet pbuh uncle Abbas, Khalid bin Walid and many important elders and leaders of Quraysh who were instrumental in sever opposition to the Prophet pbuh and his religion. This marriage helped in rekindling the old Quraysh bondage's and reconcile differences.


MK: ...itu kena tanya Supermod Darsita.. munkin dia ada versi lain kot?
..atau hang tak reti kira kot?

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The timing of this marriage had great political benefit for Islam. Maimoona r.a. was closely related to Prophet pbuh uncle Abbas, Khalid bin Walid and many important elders and leaders of Quraysh who were instrumental in sever opposition to the Prophet pbuh and his religion. This marriage helped in rekindling the old Quraysh bondage's and reconcile differences.

True ... all the making of a politician and a warlord rather than a holy man. ;)

Still no answer to my pervious question though ...

Is Islam (your Religion) based on what revealed by Allah to those who worship Him OR based on what Muhammad does?

let us set our prejudices aside, and set some fixed standards by which "The greatest of all" can be automatically determined, by one and all.

The criteria for determining greatness are: 1) One must not be prominent just in one field, one cause or be for one race of people only or for one nationality only.

To be the greatest, the recognition must come:

2) from not just the sectarian side only or from the religious group only or secular body, but form all sources,

3) from the opposite camps, as from the Christians, the Jews, the Hindus, the Buddhists ...

4) He must be compared in accomplishments with all history's greats and heroes of all times, religious and secular alike. Jesus himself set this standard when he said, 揃y their fruits ye shall know them.

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by KENNKID

The criteria for determining greatness are: 1) One must not be prominent just in one field, one cause or be for one race of people only or for one nationality only.  

Marrying more that one wife is NOT exactly criteria for Greatness either. ;)

As for Mahatma Gandhi, no Muslims tried to land planes into buildings, bomb others, or chop off other people's head just to win a war in his time. That's why he didn't say anything about Islam which is bad.

And besides, the man always been peace loving and peace loving people willing to forgive even the Devil, much less a Muslim like Muhammad. ;)

FaithHealer3

Originally posted by Mat Kampong at 2004-7-23 08:38 AM:
Entah ler tu... yang MK tahu hanya 11 dan camna boleh jadi 13 i.e. 9 + 4...
Jadi Supermod Darsita kena perbetulkan..

Yang 11 saperti berikut:
His 1st wife Khadijah r.a. bin ...

Mat, kalo u follow the tread from start surely u dah tau siapa tu 13 bini Muhammad. Tapi 13 tu bukan the final figure... ade lagi.

For now tell me the true age of Aisha when she married prophet Muhammad.

She married the Messenger of Allah in 51st Muhammadan year i.e. at the age 15 and she migrated to Medina in 54th Muhammadan year when she was 18 years. She moved into the Prophet抯 pbuh house at the age of 19 years.

Mat macam manelah u buat kesimpulan bahwa Muhammad kawin dgn Aisha ketika Aisha berumur 15tahun? Sebab kenyataan kamu yg kamu beri tu bertentangan dengan Hadis Sahih Bukhari
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64:
Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Siapa yg tipu, Bukhari atau u?

Mat, be brave and admit it. If Muhammad married a child of 6years old, so be it. Why do you have to twist and lie to to hide the facts?