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Who is the name of ummu kabsha?
Ummu Kabsha?
What is the name of abu jahl wife?
Ummu jamilah
Who was ummu salamah's husband indicate his real name?
Abdullah ibn abdulasad was hi real name
Who was the muadhin after bilal ibn rabah?
Abdullahi ibn ummu Makhtum
What was the real name of ummu salamah?
Her real name was hind bint abi umayyah Al-makhzoomy
What is the name of muhammad's daughter from his wife Khadija?
Four daughters: Ladies: Zainab Ruqayya Om-Kolthom Fatima may Allah be pleased with them all
Who was ummu salamah's husband?
Umm Salamah's husband was named Abu Salamah. He and his wife converted to Islam and were among the first in their culture to do so.
What famous people have the middle name Stacy?
Alexander The Great. Ivan The Terrible. Catherine The Great. Ethelred The Unready. Charles The Bald. Henry the 8th
What was the Numbers of sons of hazrat muhammed?
The prophet Muhammad (SAW) has seven (7) childres. 4 females and 3 males. Namely... 1. Abdullah 2. Ibraheem 3. Al-qasim 4. Zainab 5. Fatimah 6. Ruqayyah and 7. Ummu kulthum.
What did ummu salamah discover about her husband?
Ummu Salamah discovered that her husband, Abu Salamah, had passed away while they were in Abyssinia seeking refuge. This news reached her during a time of hardship and uncertainty, but she remained patient and strong in faith.
How can a man with 13 wife became a leader of the Islam relegion?
1. KHADIJAH : She was 40 years old when she proposed to marry the Prophet when he was 25 years old. After 15years of their marriage he became a prophet. She had been married twice before she married Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Her first husband was Aby Haleh Al Tamemy and her second husband was Oteaq Almakzomy. They had both died leaving Khadijah a widower. Khadijah died in 621A.D.2. SAWDA BINT ZAM'A: Her first husband was Al Sakran Ibn Omro Ibn Abed Shamz. 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 married her.3. AISHA SIDDIQA: A woman named Kholeah Bint Hakeem suggested that Prophet Muhammad marry Aishah, the daughter of Aby Bakr, to form a close relationship with Aby Bakr's family. She was already engaged to Jober Ibn Al Moteam Ibn Oday. 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 & 12years of age, she was mature enough to understand the responsibility of marriage. Prophet Muhammad was engaged to Aishah for 2 years before he married her. Aby Bakr was the first leader after Prophet Muhammad's death.4. HAFSAH BINT U'MAR : She was the daughter of Omar, the second Calipha. Omar asked Othman to marry Hafsah. Othman refused because his wife had recently died and Othman did not want to remarry. Omar then went to Aby Bakr but he also refused to marry Hafsah. Aby Bakr knew that the Prophet had already considered marrying Hafsah. Omar then went to Prophet Muhammadand complained that Othman and Aby Bakr did not want to marry his daughter. The Prophet told Omar that his daughter will marry and Othman will also remarry. Othman married the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, Om Kolthoom, and Hafsah married the Prophet. This made Omar and Othman both happy.5. ZAYNAB BINT KHUZAYMA: Her husband died in the battle of Uhud, leaving her poor and with several children. She was old when Prophet Muhammad married her. She died 3 months after she married the Prophet 625 A.D.6. SALAMA BINT UMAYYA: Her husband, Abud Allah Abud Al Assad Ibn Al Mogherah, died leaving Hend poor and with many children. Hend was at least 65 years old at the time. Aby Bakr and several others asked her to marry them, but because she loved her husband very much, she refused the marriage's offers. But finally she accepted Prophet mohammad's offer to marry her and take care of her children.7. ZAYNAB BINT JAHSH: She was the daughter of Prophet Muhammad's aunt, Omameh Bint Abud Almutaleb. The Prophet arranged for Zaynab to marry Zayed Ibn Hareathah Al Kalby. This marriage did not last and the Prophet received a verse in the Quran which stated that if they became divorced, then the Prophet must marry Zaynab (Sura 33:37).8. JUWAYRIYA BINT AL-HARITH: Her first husband's name was Masafeah Ibn Safuan. Prophet Muhammad wanted Juayreah's tribe (Beni Al Mostalag)to convert to Islam. Juayreah became a prisoner after the Muslims won the Battle of Al Mostalaq. Juayreah's father came to the Prophet and offered a payment for her return. The Prophet asked her father to give her a choice. When she was given a choice she said she accepted Islam and Prophet Muhammad as the last God's Messenger. The Prophet then married her. Her tribe of Beni Almostalag accepted Islam.9. SAFIYYA BINT HUYAYY: She was from the tribe of Beni Nadir, who were from the children of Levi (Israel). She was married twice before, then she married Prophet Muhammad . Her first husband Salam Ibn Moshkem, and her second husband was Kenanah Ibn Al Rabeeah.10. UMMU HABIBA BINT SUFYAN: Her first husband was Aubed Allah Jahish. He was the son of the aunt of Prophet Muhammad. Aubed Allah died in Ethiopia. The king of Ethiopia arranged the marriage of Ramelah to Prophet Muhammad.11. MAYAMUNA BINT AL-HARITH : She was 26years old when she married Prophet Muhammad. Her first husband was Abu Rahma Ibn Abed Alzey. When the Prophet opened Makkah in 630 AD , she came to the Prophet, accepted Islam and proposed to marry him. Her actions encouraged Many Makkahans to accept Islam and Prophet Muhammad.12. MARIA AL-QABTIYYA : She was sent to Prophet Muhammad as a hand maid servant from the king of Egypt. Maria had a son from the Prophet. His name was Ibrahim.
What are the justifications for prophet Muhammad multiple marriages?
Answer 1In Islamic tradition the wives of the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him, occupy a special place. According to the teachings of Quran, they are called umahaatu-l-mu'miniin (the mothers of the believers): "The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers…" (Al-Ahzab, 6) The Prophet's wives had a specific treatment also after his death. To them it was not permissible to marry again. In this regard there is a unanimous consensus among Islamic scholars. Without doubt, the Prophet of Allah, s.a.w.s., did not opt for multiple marriages for reason of satisfying his lust. As for those who object that he did it for his physical satisfaction, it is advisable to remind them of the following indisputable facts: First, the Prophet had every opportunity to chose for wives the most beautiful young girls and that way please his sexual urge. The fact is, however, that he did not do so. The truth is that the only virgin whom he married was Aisha r.a. All other wives of his were women who had been previously married and majority of them were of more advanced age. This, undoubtedly, shows that to him satisfaction of physical desires was secondary, while fulfillment of the higher moral demands was primary. In that way the Prophet s.a.w.s. affirmed the noblest human virtues. We can convince ourselves of this by getting an insight into the specific reasons for marriage with every individual woman that he made his wife. It is obvious that not once the pursuit of bodily satisfaction was a deciding factor for him. Second, it is well known that Muhammad s.a.w.s. spent his childhood in Makkah (or Mecca), living a modest and decent life. Muslim and non-Muslim scholars are unanimous in this. People around him knew him by his nick-names As-Sadiq (the one who always speaks the truth) and Al-Ameen (trustworthy). His biographers recorded that, when the Mekkan youngsters were lustfully enjoying wine, gambling and women, he was far away from such evils. Third, the Prophet spent in marriage with one wife a larger part of his life, from his 25th to 50th year. For a quarter of century he was with his first wife Khadijah, which, by the way, was 15 years older than him. Only after her death, when he stepped into the 6th decade of his life, did he marry more women. These facts, well established in the relevant historic literature, indisputably indicate that the Prophet's multiple marriages had much deeper sense than mere satisfaction of physical urge. This concise work is dedicated to the wives of the Prophet of Allah, all of whom have been awarded the status of mothers of the believers, as well as the reasons which made the Prophet s.a.w.s. resort to multiple marriages. It is well established that the Prophet s.a.w.s., after his death, left behind 9 wives. One of his exclusive privileges was that it was permitted to him exclusively to be in marriage with more than 4 wives at the same time, unlike other men. There are more reasons for that. Islamic scholars cite four most important ones: a) teaching Islam to others, b) establishing certain Shari'ah rulings, c) social reasons and d) political reasons. Before we examine each of these reasons, it is necessary to point out that the Prophet's multiple marriages should be understood in their historic contexts. One should keep in mind that Islam did not invent the practice of multiple marriages, but it was present in the culture of all ancient nations: Athenians, Chinese, Hindus, Babylonians, Sumerians and Egyptians. Most of these peoples simply had no limit to number of wives. Chinese Law Lao Ce permitted to men to have hundred and thirty wives. One of the Chinese kings had more than a thousand. Jewish religion, also, made it lawful to men to have unlimited number of wives. All the prophets of Torah were polygamous. In Torah Suleiman a.s. is mentioned to have had 700 wives and additional 300 concubines. In Christianity too, one does not find explicit texts forbidding multiple marriages. Moreover, it is historically proven that the ancient Christians married more women, and some church dignitaries also had more than one wife.[5] Therefore, the fact that the idea of polygamy exists in Islam too should not come as a surprise. However, in Islam it is limited to the maximum of four wives, and that, of course, only to those men who meet certain conditions. Exceptionally, in the case of the last Prophet of Allah, permission to marry more than four was given as one of his exclusive privileges and special rights.Nevertheless, for each one of his marriages there was a significant reason. Reasons Of The Prophet's Multiple Marriages It has already been mentioned that there are four essential reasons which motivated the Prophet s.a.w.s. to contract his numerous marriages, and those are:a) Teaching Islam to others,b) Establishing certain Shariah rulings,c) Social reasons,d) Political reasons.We will examine briefly each one of the reasons behind the Prophet's multiple marriages.a) Teaching Islam to others One of the primary objectives of the multiple marriages of the Prophet s.a.w.s. was to provide qualified female teachers who will teach Muslim women the rules of Islam. Islamic society was in its developing stages and the wives of the Prophet s.a.w.s. had very important role in the domain of instructing female population in Islam. The Prophet was in a dire need of female daa'iis capable of doing da'wa among women, particularly in cases when exclusively feminine issues were to be dealt with, which men naturally would feel shy to speak about to the female audience. It is well known that the culture of the Islamic family and marital life is associated with numerous specific rules, like those pertaining to: sexual relations between spouses, the rules about menstruation (hajd) and post birth cleaning (nifaas), ghusl required from the marital partners after sexual intercourse, the rules on cleanliness of woman, etc. It is also known that the Prophet s.a.w.s. was a person with very noticeable shyness. In the works of Hadith he has been described as someone "whose shyness was greater than the shyness of a virgin hiding in her rooms". Therefore, it is understandable that he could not directly respond to all the questions of other women regarding marital and intimate relations between husband and wife. Occasionally, his answers were of metaphorical nature, unlike those given by his wives, who spoke to other ladies directly, conveying to them the Shariah rules from the domain of family and marital life. The classical Islamic literature abounds in traditions about that. Bukhari and Muslim in their respective Sahihs, have reported from Aisha that a lady from al-Ansar asked the Prophet s.a.w.s about taking bath after menstruation. Instructing her how she should do it, the Prophet s.a.w.s said to her: "Take a piece of moshus and wipe yourself with it." She asked: "How should I do that?" His response was: "Glory be to Allah, wipe yourself with it." Aisha got involved. "I pulled her", she narrates, "towards myself and told her: 'Wipe the troubled area, so that you remove the traces of blood." Hadith literature contains numerous similar examples where the Prophet's wives appeared as teachers and pedagogues. This was especially the case with his wife Aisha, r.a., whom he married when she was very young. Thanks to her age, she was brought up under his guidance and supervision and was also educated in the teachings of the Deen directly by him. Following the Prophet's death, she lived for almost a half of the century, teaching others the Islamic injunctions all that time.b) Establishing certain Shariah rulings This is mentioned as the second reason for the Prophet's multiple marriages. It is well known that, for example, pre-Islamic Arabs had a custom of adopting a son (tabannii). According to that, an adopted child would be ascribed to the one who adopted him, in spite of that person not being his father. In the Islamic jurisprudence (Shari'ah) the institution of adoption is abrogated. Of course, the Shari'ah highly recommends that the orphans and unprovided for children should be looked after, but it does not permit their literal adoption by way of changing their last name, so as to make them fully ascribed to those who adopted them. In the biographies it is mentioned that before his prophet-hood, Muhammad s.a.w.s. had adopted Zaid Ibn Haritha, whom he received as a slave from his wife Khadijah. As his male children did not survive, he adopted Zaid, who was called after that Zaid Ibn Muhammad, Zaid the son of Muhammad. At that time it was customary that, when an adopted son divorced his wife, it was not permitted to his adopted father to marry her. That custom was abolished and the Prophet married Zainab bint Jahsh, Zaid's former wife. The marriage between Zainab and Zaid did not succeed, and it was ended in divorce. The glorious Qur`an speaks about that in the ayah 37 of the Surah Al-Ahzab:"Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy favour: 'Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah.' But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst fear Allah. Then, when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And Allah`s command must be fulfilled." It is useful to point out that of all the companions of the Prophet of Allah, only Zaid ibn Harithah r.a. is mentioned in the Glorious Qur`an, which is evident from the above ayah of Surah Al-Ahzab.c) Social reasons These reasons are stated in the Islamic literature as the third kind of reasons for the Prophet's multiple marriages. It is well established fact that Islam devotes enormous attention to the institution of marriage, because marriage provides basis for close human links, relations and friendship. These are the objectives which motivated the Prophet s.a.w.s. to marry A`isha, the daughter of his loyal friend and the life associate Abu Bakr, r.a. This marriage additionally strengthened the connection between Abu Bakr and the Prophet s.a.w.s. as the two thus became even family related. The Prophet achieved the same connection also with the eminent companion Umar ibn Al-Khattab, after he married Umar's daughter Hafsah, following the death of her former husband. By taking Hafsah under his care, the Prophet s.a.w.s. at the same time further cemented closeness with Umar. It is necessary to point out that among the social reasons for Prophet's marriages was also his desire to secure financially and in other ways a larger number of widows who would otherwise probably remain a social problem. This is evident in the case of his marriage to Zainab bint Huzaimah, whose husband Abdullah ibn Huzaimah, fell as a martyr in the battle of Uhud. After losing her husband, Zainab needed a care and protection, and the Prophet offered to marry her and thus provide her with that. The identical situation was with Ummu Salamah when he married her. She became a widow after the death of her previous husband Abu Salamah. From the Seerah we know that she had small children and the Prophet s.a.w.s. accepted to look after them by marrying her.d) Political motives Among the reasons for the Prophet's multiple marriages the reasons of political nature are also evident. Moreover, these reasons are very important. The Prophet s.a.ws. was at the head of the newly-formed state in Madina and naturally he had to think as a politician too. An example of this we find in his marriage with Juwairiya Bin Harith, the daughter of a tribal chief. She was assigned to the Prophet s.a.w.s. after having been taken a prisoner of war by Muslims as they defeated her tribe Bany Mustalaq. As the Prophet was very sensitive and considerate towards those who faced a disgrace of captivity, he offered to marry her and save her from humiliation of becoming somebody's slave. Moreover, with that offer he also hoped to win the hearts of the Banu Mustaliq tribe for Islam. Now that the members of that tribe have become his in-laws, the release of all their prisoners was but a logical consequence. The Prophet's hopes and expectations soon proved correct, because the whole tribe entered into the fold of the Deen of Allah. The same objectives motivated the Prophet s.a.w.s. to offer to marry Safiyya Bin Huyayy, the daughter of the Jewish tribe Bany Nadir. With this particular marital connection he desired to reduce the enmity between Muslims and the People of the Book. Likewise, with his marriage to Umm Habiba, the daughter of the Makkan chief Abu Sufyan, the Prophet s.a.w.s. wanted to improve his relationships with Makkans and open their hearts towards Islam.On the basis of the above-said, it is clear that the Prophet s.a.w.s. did not look at his multiple marriages as a way to satisfy his lust for women. Those, who are claiming this to be the reason behind his numerous marriages, should be reminded of the following historic facts:First, the Prophet s.a.w.s., given his position, could have chosen for marriage the most beautiful young women and thus satisfy his lust. But, he did not use his position: the only virgin he married was 'Aisha r.a., while all other wives of his had been married before. Besides, majority of them were of noticeably advanced age. This, without any doubt, shows that for the Prophet s.a.w.s. satisfaction of physical desires was obviously secondary, while fulfillment of high moral demands was his primary objective. That way the Prophet of Allah affirmed the most noble human virtues. This can easily be proven by looking into specific reasons which made him enter into the marriage union with each one of his wives. It is obvious that not once satisfaction of bodily desires was a deciding factor.Second, it is well known that Muhammad s.a.w.s. spent his childhood and adolescent age at Makkah, living a decent and virtuous life. On this, muslim and non-muslim scholarly circles are in agreement. At such a young age he was characterized by high moral qualities and was known under the nicknames As-Sadiq (the one who always speaks truth) and al-Amin (trustworthy). The Prophet's biographers recorded that, at the time when the youngsters of Makkah (or Mecca) were spending days and nights in drinking parties, gambling and women, he was far away from such vices. Third, the Prophet s.a.w.s. lived a larger part of his life in marriage with one wife. From his 25th to 50th, that is to say for whole 25 years, his only wife was Khadijah, who, by the way, was fifteen years older than he. Only after her death, when he entered into 6th decade of life, did he have more wives.Answer 2The idea that Muhammad needed to "justify" his multiple marriages was not in the minds of the early Muslims. As the first writer points out, polygamy (including polyandry) was commonplace in most ancient cultures, including pre-Islamic Arabia.The Jews in Medina were monogamous and they complained that, "If Muhammad had been a true prophet, he would not have desired women." (Ibn Saad vol. 8, Bewley's translation p. 143.) This was probably a new idea to the Muslims. They answered the Jews' criticism by pointing out that the Jewish prophets of ancient times had multiple wives.Obviously this answer did not satisfy the Jews. It showed them that Muhammad had no concept of progressive revelation - the idea that what was tolerated among primitive peoples like the ancient Chaldaeans was later forbidden as further revelations perfected God's message. Muhammad was also unwise enough to suggest King Solomon as an example of a prophet who had a thousand wives. Since Solomon's wives "led him astray" (I Kings 11:3-11) until he forfeited his prophetic office, it is not surprising that the Jews of Medina found this an unconvincing example!After the Jews were ejected from Medina in 627, Muhammad did not need to "justify" his polygyny to anyone else. He just said that having unlimited wives was the privilege that God granted to prophets (Qur'an 33:38, 50). All the suggestions about the social, political, legal and educational advantages of Muhammad's marriages are from modern historians (Ibn Kathir onwards). Muhammad and his contemporaries did not justify their polygyny in those terms.While some of Muhammad's marriages had a political or social element, the truth is that Muhammad was not stupid enough to claim that he "needed" to marry all those women in order to solve political or social problems. A man who claims that "The only way for me to solve that problem … and another problem … and a third problem … and then yet another … was to have sex with a woman … and then another … and then another …" is a fool. Muhammad, while theologically naïve, was not a fool in practical matters. He was a very clever politician. He knew lots of ways of solving problems, none of which involved finding himself a new sex-partner. He did not pretend that marrying new wives solved his political and social problems; it was other people who later made this claim on his behalf.The social problem of the "poor widows of the Jihad martyrs" has been greatly exaggerated. Only about 2-3% of Muhammad's warriors ever died in battle (see Waqidi, Faizer's translation p. 256 for the size of his army; cf the death-lists in Ibn Ishaq, Guillaume's translation pp. 327ff, 403ff). Since women in those days had a 5% lifetime risk of dying in childbirth, Muhammad's wars did not cause a massive gender imbalance. Even if there had been an excess of widows, however, Muhammad could have solved the social problems by some method other than polygyny if he had wanted to. He could have encouraged women to take up careers; or he could have encouraged them to live in a sisterly fashion with families in exchange for doing domestic chores. Besides, the particular widows whom Muhammad married are known not to have been poor. Sawda, Hafsa, Umm Salama and the two Zaynabs all had family living close at hand, money and/or marketable skills.Similarly, the political advantages of his "marriage alliances" have been exaggerated. Muhammad married Juwayriya and Safiya to advertise that he had already defeated their tribes, not to make friends with those tribes. The marriage to Umm Habiba could not have been designed to make an alliance with Abu Sufyan, since Muhammad continued with his plans to conquer Mecca and rejected all Abu Sufyan's friendly advances. The families of Mulayka, Fatima and Asma asked Muhammad to marry their daughters because there was a political advantage for their tribes, but there was no particular advantage for Muhammad. Muhammad had lost the friendship of the local tribes because he had raided their property, blocked their trade-routes and killed their people. He did not regain their friendship simply because, after they became too weak to fight him back, he took a few trophy brides.As it happens, Muhammad did confess that several of his marriages were motivated by lust - and he did not see anything wrong with this, for it was a prophet's privilege. Aisha observed that he "liked three worldly objects - perfume, women and food … He obtained women and perfumes but did not get food" (Ibn Saad 1:2:90:4). Another companion said, "Nothing was dearer to Allah's Prophet than a horse. Then he said, 'O Allah! Excuse me, no! Women!'" (Ibn Saad 1:2:90:6). Among Muhammad's wives, only Khadija and Sawda were near to his own age; all the others were much younger women, though most were older than Aisha. Only Sawda was plain; the others were either pretty or beautiful.In addition to his legal marriages, Muhammad had four slave-concubines. Nobody has ever pretended that he had a political motive for these liaisons; he just took the girls because they attracted him. Furthermore, as well as the women whom Muhammad actually married (legally, sexually or both), there were at least fifteen other women whom he planned to marry but for various reasons did not. Once we include the full number of women whom he coveted - most of them young and beautiful; most of no political importance; most in no economic need - we gain a clearer picture of his real motives.
