1. In the name of Allah, Most
Merciful, Most Compassionate

2. Why did the Prophet
Mohammad have many
wives?

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If someone asks you that
question, either in a good or
in a bad intention, will you
be able to answer?

4. Here is the answer, as given
in a lecture by Amro Khalid
about the Mothers of the
believers ( the Prophet’s
wives )

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Let’s first ask ourselves,
how many wives did the
Prophet marry?

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They were twelve. When he
died there were ten wives
with him, while Khadija
and Zaynab died in his life

7. But do you know their names, the names
of your mothers, the mothers of the
believers?

9. 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

10. Were they all virgins?

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Only one, Aaishah, all the
rest were either widows or
divorced.

12. Were they all Arabs?

13. All, except for Mariya, who
was from Egypt.

14. Where they all Muslims?

15. All but two; Safiya who
was a Jew , and Mariya
who was a Christian.

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Now, let’s answer the main
and very important
question: Was it lust that
caused the prophet to have
so many marriages?

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18. To answer the question we
have to mention the
following facts:

19. 1- The Prophet married for
the first time when he was
25 years old. Too old for
someone who is driven by
lust.

20. 2- The first woman he married ,
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.

21. 3- From 52 till 60, he married
several times for political and
social reasons.
After tow 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 long period of single
life.

22. 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

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There is only one conclusion we can
extract from the above:
1- Mohammad the man married
Khadijah
2- Mohammad the Prophet married

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But , was Mohammad the
only Prophet to have
multiple wives? Or
polygamy was taken by
other Prophets as well?

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The answer is : NO. Polygamy
was the norm at the times of
Ibrahim, Dawoud, Solayman,
all known in the Bible to
have been polygamists.

28. Now, let’s mention the
political, social and religious
reasons why did the prophet
had these marriages.

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First: To spread the culture through eyewitnesses with all the
details known only to intimate people. Aaishah , being so
young, was able to tell all those details to the Muslims for
more than 42 years. She had seen and learned so much from
him. Her young age was a great advantage in this respect.
She could tell what the Prophet used to do or say in all
aspects of life, so that people do and say the same in the
same situations

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Aaishah , was the most knowledgeable person
when it comes to the daily life of the Muslim
and how it should go as was lived by the
Prophet himself . But how come he married her
when she was only nine years old? The desert
climate answers to that . In such environment
Girls reached menstruation very young. Not
only in Arabia, but also in Roma and Persia,
girls were married that young

31. 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.

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Third: out of mercy and rewarding to the
early Muslim widows and divorcees he
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.

33. Fourth: The Prophet 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 married Safiyah after
her father , a Jew, embraced Islam , so giving
him and his daughter the honor among his
people

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Fifth: He 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

35. I wish I had given you what makes
you more assured and able to stand
up to such allegations.
May peace, mercy and blessings of
Allah be upon you all.

36. PRAY FOR ME.