How many wives did muhammad have

Khadijah died in A. This was the same year the Prophet ascended into heaven Meraj. He died within a few days after his return from Ethiopia. She was 65 years old, poor, and had no one to care for her. This was why Prophet Muhammad pbuh married her. At this time Jober was not yet a Muslim.

The people of Makkah did not object to Aishah becoming married because although she was young, she was mature enough to understand the responsibility of marriage. Prophet Muhammad bpuh was engaged to Aishah for 2 years before he married her. She was the daughter of Omar, the second Calipha.

Omar asked Othman to marry Hafsah. The same Surat, at , allows Muhammad more than four wives:. O Prophet! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the rest of believers.

In verse 59 of the same Surat, rules are laid down for the seclusion of women, especially in the case of Muhammad's wives. The latter were not to be spoken to unless they were behind a curtain. It was also said that Allah had forbidden them from ever marrying after Muhammad's death. They were virtually "captives" in the prophet's houses.

The Sixth Wife-Juwairyah During his residence at Medina, Muhammad gratified the ruling passion of the Arabs and gained many adherents by his numerous expeditions for plunder. In one case, 1, camels, 5, sheep, and a great many women and children became the spoil of the Muslims.

Among the captives was Juwariya, the wife of one of the chiefs, distinguished for her beauty. Muhammad ransomed her, took her to be his wife, and built a special room for her reception. Her husband and male relatives had all perished in the massacre. Safiya bint Abi 'Ubaid Mohammed's wife in Bukhari vol. Mohammed married Maymunah bt. Al-Harith in 7 A. Maymuna had been divorced once, and widowed before marrying Mohammed. Maimuna was 30 years old when the year old Mohammed married her.

Mohammed died four years later. Mainuma bint al-Harith had a slave girl. She asked Mohammed if she could free her, and Mohammed said instead to give her to Maimuna's sister to take care of her. Muwatta' Malik Maimuna, Mohammed's wife, screened Mohammed Bukhari vol. People were screened when they bathed or went to the bathroom. Nothing was wrong with that though, for she was his wife.

Slaves: Maimuna's freed slave girl was given a sheep, which later died. This wife of Mohammed is also mentioned in: Ibn-i-Majah vol. Fatima was mentioned by 'Ali Dashti. It is unclear if Shuray and al-Dahhak were two different people, making this two Fatimas, or they were alternate names for the same father.

Mohammed consummated his marriage with "the Kilabiyyah" i. The following could be Mohammed's wife, but was probably his daughter. In the year of the conquest of Mecca, Fatima screened Mohammed. A Fatima screened Mohammed while he was bathing in Bukhari vol. However, Mohammed was taking a bath and was screened by his daughter Fatima in Bukhari vol. Fatima was Mohammed's daughter and the wife of 'Ali in Bukhari vol. Mohammed did not want 'Ali to marry anyone else besides his daughter Fatima.

However, 'Ali later had a captive slave girl, the daughter of Rab'iah, who bore him a daughter name Umm Ruqayyah. Wanted a slave: While Mohammed gave many slaves to A'isha, Fatima thought she got a bad deal. Mohammed's daughter Fatima complained to Mohammed about her using the grinding stone and asked for a slave prisoner of war. Mohammed did not give her one, but he said he gave her something better. He told her to say glory be to Allah 33 times, Praise be to Allah 34 times, and Allah is most great 34 times.

However, she died before the Prophet consummated his marriage with her. She was also called Sana. This Zainab belonged to the tribe of Banu Hilal. She was divorced from a Muslim named Tufayl, then married his brother 'Ubaydah, who was killed at Badr.

Then she married Mohammed. She was born A. See al-Tabari vol. Mohammed married Zainab bint Khuzaima, but she died before he did. Habla is on Ali Dashti's list, but I have not been able to independently verify this.

On the other hand, al-Tabari vol. Perhaps "declined" means Mohammed divorced her before ever sleeping with her. Mohammed married Asma bint al-Nu'man bin al-Aswad bin Sharahil. However, she had leprosy, so Mohammed gave her money and divorced her. Why would he do that to a woman he loved? Mohammed divorced one woman Mohammed because she took refuge in Allah from Mohammed. He divorced another because she had leprosy.

There is some mixup of which name is with which case in al-Tabari vol. Mary was a wife [concubine] of Mohammed's according to al-Tabari vol. Mary the Copt gave birth to Mohammed's son Ibrahim in al-Tabari vol. He died when he was two years old. The Muslim emissary Hatib b. Abi Balta'ah returned from al-Muqawqis [Egypt] with Mariya [Mary the Copt], her sister Sirin, a female mule, sets of garments, and a eunuch.

Hatib invited them to become Muslims, and the two women did so [according to Tabari]. Mariyah was beautiful, and Mohammed sent her sister Sirin to Hassan b. Sirin and Hassan were the parents of 'Abd al-Rahman b. A Muslim might say Mohammed had to marry her because she was a gift from Egypt, but her sister Sirin was also a gift, and he did not marry Sirin.

Mary was a gift from the governor of Alexandria. It was claimed that Mary became a Muslim, but Mohammed still kept her as a slave rather than a regular wife. Mohammed "had intercourse with her [Mary] by virtue of her being his property. Footnote explains, "That is, Mariyah was ordered to veil herself as did the Prophet's wives, but he did not marry her. Rayhana was a Jewish captive from the Quraiza tribe. Mohammed offered to make her a wife instead of a slave, but she decline and remained Jewish according to al-Tabari vol.

See also al-Tabari vol. However, the source in al-Tabari vol. Mariya was an um walid of Mohammed according to al-Tabari vol. She was called "Umm Sharik" because she was the mother of a son named Sharik by a previous marriage. However footnote says Ibn Sa'd in Tabaqat , 8 p. It was she who gave herself to the Prophet and the Qur'anic verse refers to her. Maimuna was a woman who offered herself to Mohammed according to Sahih Muslim vol.

It could be the same Maimuna as 10, or a different one. Married in 7. An unnamed woman said she gave herself to Mohammed as a wife. Mohammed did not accept her, but gave her to a poor Muslim.

The only thing the poor Muslim could give as a dowry is his memorization of a sura of the Qur'an. Ali Dashti lists this wife, but I have not found independent evidence of this. It is said that Mohammed married Khawlah bint al-Hudayl. Khadijah was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad, whom she met as a widow of a wealthy merchant but had become prosperous in her own right. She hired Muhammad as a business agent but soon came to see him as a suitable husband.

Khadijah bore him six children , including two sons who died in infancy. She gave Muhammad support and encouragement when he received his first revelations and remained loyal to him when many prominent Makkans began to oppose him. While she lived, Muhammad took no other wives. He loved, missed and remembered Khadijah for the rest of his life. He was left alone to raise a small family and found that he could not devote enough time to calling the people to Islam so he decided to marry again.

Sawdah and her first husband were amongst the very early converts to Islam who immigrated to Abyssinia.