In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

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In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most
Compassionate
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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?
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Here is the answer, as given in a lecture by Amro
Khalid about the Mothers of the believers ( the
Prophets wives )
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Lets 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
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But do you know their names, the names of your
mothers, the mothers of the believers?
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They areThey areKhadijah Bint
KhuwaylidSawdah Bint ZamaahAaishah Bint Abi
BakrHafsah Bint OmarZainab Bint
KhuzaymahOm-salamah , Hind Bint OtbahZainab
Bint JahshJuwayriyah Bint AlharithSafiyah Bint
Huyay Ibn AkhtabOmmo Habibah Ramlah Bint Abi
SofianMaria Bint Shamoun, the EgyptianMaymonah
Bint Alharith
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Were they all virgins?
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Only one, Aaishah, all the rest were either
widows or divorced.
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Were they all Arabs?
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All, except for Mariya, who was from Egypt.
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Where they all Muslims?
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All but two Safiya who was a Jew , and Mariya
who was a Christian.
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Now, lets answer the main and very important
question Was it lust that caused the prophet to
have so many marriages?
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• To answer the question we have to mention the
  following facts

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1- The Prophet married for the first time when he
was 25 years old. Too old for someone who is
driven by lust.
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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.
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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.
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Its not logical to say that lust had appeared
suddenly at the Prophets 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 the rest
of his wives.
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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.
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Now, lets 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
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Second To strengthen the relationships with his
companions, he married Abi Bakrs 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.
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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
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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.
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