Why did Muhammad divorce his first wife?

Answer 1

When Muhammad was twenty-five years old he married for the first time. His wife, Khadijah, was fifteen years older than him. She remained the only wife of the prophet for the next twenty-five years, until she died (may Allah be pleased with her). Only after her death did the prophet marry other women.

Now, it is obvious that if the prophet was after physical pleasure he did not have to wait until he was more than fifty years old to start marrying more wives. He lived in a society in which it was quite acceptable to have many wives. But the prophet remained devoted to his only wife for twenty-five years. When she died she was sixty-five years old. His later marriages were for various reasons.

Some marriages were with the view to help the women whose husbands had been killed while they were defending their faith. Others were with a view to cement relationships with devoted followers like Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. Yet others were to build bridges with various tribes who were otherwise at war with the Muslims. When the prophet became their relative through marriage, their hostilities calmed down, and much bloodshed was averted. Recent non-Muslim writers who had the opportunity to study the life of the prophet first-hand reached a similar conclusion about his plural marriages.

John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, says that most of these marriages had "political and social motives" (Islam: The Straight Path, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 19). This he explained as follows: As was customary for Arab chiefs, many were political marriages to cement alliances. Others were marriages to the widows of his companions who had fallen in combat and were in need of protection (John L. Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path, pp. 19-20). Esposito reminds us of the following historical fact: Though less common, polygyny was also permitted in biblical and even in post-biblical Judaism. From Abraham, David, and Solomon down to the reformation period, polygyny was practiced (p. 19).

Another non-Muslim Caesar E. Farah writes as follows: In the prime of his youth and adult years Muhammad remained thoroughly devoted to Khadijah and would have none other for consort. This was an age that looked upon plural marriages with favor and in a society that in pre-biblical and post-biblical days considered polygamy an essential feature of social existence. David had six wives and numerous concubines (2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3) and Solomon was said to have had as many as 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3) Solomon?s son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines (2 Chronicles 11:21).

The New Testament contains no specific injunction against plural marriages. It was commonplace for the nobility among the Christians and Jews to contract plural marriages. Luther spoke of it with toleration (Caesar E. Farah, Islam: Beliefs and Observances, 4th edition, Barron?s, U.S. 1987, p. 69). Caesar Farah then concluded that Muhammad?s plural marriages were due "partly to political reasons and partly to his concern for the wives of his companions who had fallen in battle defending the nascent Islamic community" (p. 69). When people hear that the prophet had many wives they conclude without much thought that the prophet was a sensuous man. However, a quick historical review of his marriages, proves otherwise.

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All the other marriages of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) were due to circumstances… either of a social reform, or a political gain. The Qur'an mentions in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4, Verse No. 3, that you can maximum have 4 wives. But there is another Verse in Surah Ahzab, Ch. 33, and Verse 52, which says that... 'O Prophet you cannot marry more women, neither can you exchange any other women for the present one, even if their beauty attracts you, except what your right hand possesses. This Verse of the Qur'an, Surah Ahzab, Ch. 33, Verse No. 52, gives the permission to the Prophet, to keep all his wives, but at the same time, cannot marry any other women, except which your right hand possesses. If you analyse why Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was not allowed to marry more wives - and besides that, he could not neither divorce them, because there is one more Verse in the Qur'an, which says that… 'As for the wives of the Prophet, whether they are divorced or whether they become widows, no person can marry them; because they are Um-ul Mominin… they are the Mothers of the believers'. So since no one could marry the wives of the Prophet, but natural …the Prophet could not divorce them also.

And if you analyse, that all the eleven marriages which the Prophet did… all were either for social reform or for political reason - Were not to please his sex or desire. The first marriage that he did was with Khatija, (May Allah be pleased with her). She was at the age of 40, when he was only 25 - And she was a widow twice. Imagine, if he married for sex or his desire, why would he marry a woman who was fifteen years elder to him, and who was a widow twice. And if you analyse, till the time Khatija (May Allah be pleased with her)… till the time she was alive, Prophet Muhammad did not take any other wives. When he was the age of 50, Bibi Khatija (May Allah be pleased with her) died. Only between the ages of 53 to 56, did Prophet take all the other wives. Imagine… if the Prophet was hyper sexu­al, he would have married at a young age. Science tells us… 'The older the man gets, the less sexual he gets'. It is an insinuation, on the Prophet. Only 2 of his marriages were normal -with Bib Khatija (MABPWH) and Bibi Ayesha (MABPWH) All the other marriages were due to circumstances… either of a social reform, or a political gain.

If you analyse all, only 2 wives were below the age of 36 - All the other wives were between the age of 36 and 50 - You can give instances… each marriage had some reason. For example Johariya, who was from the Banu-Mustalik tribe… which very powerful tribe, was, and which was at logger heads with Islam - After a certain time, they were suppressed by the Islamic Army, and later on, the Prophet married her. And after he married her, the companions said…'How can we keep as captives, the relatives of the Prophet' - And they freed those people…and after that, both these tribes became friendly. There are examples, when he married Maimoona (May Allah be pleased with her), who was the sister of the wife of the chief of the tribe of Najad, which killed 70 Muslim, men of the Islamic deputation. After Mo­hammed (May peace be upon him)… when he married her, they accepted Medina as their leader­ship, and they accepted Prophet as their leader. All the… all the marriages which he did, had some political reason or social reform. He married Umme Habiba, who was the daughter of the Chief of Mecca, Abu-Sufiyan - but natural this marriage played a great importance in the conquest of Mecca. Other example like Safiya (May Al­lah be pleased with her), she was the daughter of a powerful Jewish leader - After this, the Jewish became very friendly to the Muslims. If you see, all the marriages had some social reforms - he married the daughter of Hazrat Ummer, Hafsa (May Allah be pleased with her), to get closer relationship between the companions. As a social reform, he married a lady who was divorced…the first cousin Zainab - After she was divorced, he married her. All the marriages have some political reason or social reform - So all his marriages were based, to improve the community and to better rela­tionships - It was not for sex.

Polygamy in the Bible: The Bible allows polygamy in both the Old Testament and the New Testament in unlimited numbers. 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...." Qur'an permits limited polygamy As I mentioned earlier, Qur'an is the only religious book on the face of the earth that says 'marry only one'. The context of this phrase is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur'an: "Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one." [Al-Qur'an 4:3] Before the Qur'an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygamy and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them. In the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says: "Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women...." [Al-Qur'an 4:129] Therefore polygamy is not a rule but an exception. Many people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife. Broadly, Islam has five categories of Do's and Don'ts: i. 'Fard' i.e. compulsory or obligatory ii. 'Mustahab' i.e. recommended or encouraged iii. 'Mabah' i.e. permissible or allowed iv. 'Makruh' i.e. not recommended or discouraged v. 'Haraam' i.e. prohibited or forbidden Polygamy falls in the middle category of things that are permissible. It cannot be said that a Muslim who has two, three or four wives is a better Muslim as compared to a Muslim who has only one wife.

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if you will learn & study about Islam so you won't come in this misunderstanding. Islam allows a man to marry upto four & a Prophet to marry upto 11.

"Marry woman of your choice by two, three or four. But if you cannot do justice between them MARRY ONLY ONE." [Qur'an 4:3]

The only religious book on earth which has this statement "MARRY ONLY ONE." is Qur'an. There is no religious book on earth which says Marry only one.

I never saw any Muslim in my life who ever had several wives (more than one). About Prophet Muhammad so he married total 13 but not at the same time. Prophet never married anyone until the death of Khadija neither he married to 13 women at the same time. He stayed with 11 but in his whole life he was married 13th time.

1. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

2. Sawda bint Zama

3. Aisha bint Abi Bakr

4. Hafsa bint Umar

5. Zaynab bint Khuzayma

6. Hind bint Abi Umayya

7. Zaynab bint Jahsh

8. Juwayriya bint al-Harith

9. Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan

10. Rayhana bint Zayd

11. Safiyya bint Huyayy

12. Maymuna bint al-Harith

13. Maria al-Qibtiyya

NOTE: 'bint' means 'Daughter Of'

All the other marriages of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) were due to circumstances… either of a social reform, or a political gain.

The Qur'an mentions in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4, Verse No. 3, that you can maximum have 4 wives. But there is another Verse in Surah Ahzab, Ch. 33, and Verse 52, which says that... 'O Prophet you cannot marry more women, neither can you exchange any other women for the present one, even if their beauty attracts you, except what your right hand possesses.

This Verse of the Qur'an, Surah Ahzab, Ch. 33, Verse No. 52, gives the permission to the Prophet, to keep all his wives, but at the same time, cannot marry any other women, except which your right hand possesses. If you analyse why Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was not allowed to marry more wives - and besides that, he could not neither divorce them, because there is one more Verse in the Qur'an, which says that… 'As for the wives of the Prophet, whether they are divorced or whether they become widows, no person can marry them; because they are Um-ul Mominin… they are the Mothers of the believers'.

So since no one could marry the wives of the Prophet, but natural …the Prophet could not divorce them also. And if you analyse, that all the eleven marriages which the Prophet did… all were either for social reform or for political reason - Were not to please his sex or desire.

The first marriage that he did was with Khatija, (May Allah be pleased with her). She was at the age of 40, when he was only 25 - And she was a widow twice. Imagine, if he married for sex or his desire, why would he marry a woman who was fifteen years elder to him, and who was a widow twice. And if you analyse, till the time Khatija (May Allah be pleased with her)… till the time she was alive, Prophet Muhammad did not take any other wives. When he was the age of 50, Khatija (May Allah be pleased with her) died. Only between the ages of 53 to 56, did Prophet take all the other wives.

Imagine… if the Prophet was hyper sexu­al, he would have married at a young age. Science tells us… 'The older the man gets, the less sexual he gets'. It is an insinuation, on the Prophet. Only 2 of his marriages were normal -with Khatija (MABPWH) and Ayesha (MABPWH)

All the other marriages were due to circumstances… either of a social reform, or a political gain. If you analyse all, only 2 wives were below the age of 36 - All the other wives were between the age of 36 and 50 - You can give instances… each marriage had some reason. For example Johariya, who was from the Banu-Mustalik tribe… which very powerful tribe, was, and which was at logger heads with Islam - After a certain time, they were suppressed by the Islamic Army, and later on, the Prophet married her. And after he married her, the companions said…'How can we keep as captives, the relatives of the Prophet' - And they freed those people…and after that, both these tribes became friendly. There are examples, when he married Maimoona (May Allah be pleased with her), who was the sister of the wife of the chief of the tribe of Najad, which killed 70 Muslim, men of the Islamic deputation.

After Mu­hammed (May peace be upon him)… when he married her, they accepted Medina as their leader­ship, and they accepted Prophet as their leader. All the… all the marriages which he did, had some political reason or social reform. He married Umme Habiba, who was the daughter of the Chief of Mecca, Abu-Sufiyan - but natural this marriage played a great importance in the conquest of Mecca. Other example like Safiya (May Al­lah be pleased with her), she was the daughter of a powerful Jewish leader - After this, the Jewish became very friendly to the Muslims. If you see, all the marriages had some social reforms - he married the daughter of Hazrat Ummer, Hafsa (May Allah be pleased with her), to get closer relationship between the companions. As a social reform, he married a lady who was divorced…the first cousin Zainab - After she was divorced, he married her. All the marriages have some political reason or social reform - So all his marriages were based, to improve the community and to better rela­tionships - It was not for sex.

And this Polygamy thing isn't new, it is practiced by Prophets before Muhammad themselves. It is people who like to edit stuffs in their Religions that's why non of them is in it's pure form. Muslims do what Islam teaches not what their parents followed.

1. Prophet Abraham: 3 wives (Sarah, Hagar, Caesura).
2. Prophet Jacob: 4 wives (Lea, Zelda, Rachael, Palma).
3. Prophet Moses: 4 wives (Safire, Gibshia, bint Kini, bint Hobab).
4. Prophet David: 9 wives.
5. Prophet Solomon: 700 wives and 300 slaves.

Answer 2

The Quran itself gives permission to Muhammad for marrying more than four. The upper ceiling of a maximum of four wives was waived for Muhammad in 30:50 ( The Confedrates ) O Prophet! Lo! 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 the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who emigrated with thee, 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 - We are Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful. ( The Confedrates: 50 )

Answer 3

Answer ABecuase shes was so mature that they were ready to marry her at the age of nine masahallah allahu akbar ! Answer BProphet Muhammad consummation with Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was when she was nineteen years old and this was in the year 2 A.H.. Betrothal having taken place five years earlier.

It was normal practice in the Arabian Peninsula and allover the world at that time for girls to marry at young age. This practice is evident also by the fact that when Aisha's father Abu Bakr was approached on behalf of the Prophet, he replied that the girl had already been betrothed to some one called Jubair, and that he would have to settle the matter first with him. This shows that Aisha must have been approaching maturity at the time.

Aisha marriage with the prophet at young age was of advantage to Muslims for the following:

After the Holy Prophet's death, she acted as a teacher and interpreter of Islam, providing guidance to even the greatest of the male Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. They made a special point of going to her to gain knowledge and seek her opinion. A vast number of sayings and actions of the Holy Prophet are reported from her in books of Hadith. She not only quoted his sayings and reported her observations of events, but interpreted them to provide solutions to questions. Whenever necessary, she corrected the views of the greatest of the Companions of the Holy Prophet. She made rulings and judgments on which Islamic law is based.

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The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and Allah's Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age. Volume_5,_Book_58,_Number_236:__Narrated_by_Hisham's_father">Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236:

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Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married 'Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old. Answer 3

The age of Aisha,may Allah be pleased with her at her marriage is not assured. Many Muslim scholars argue that she was 19 years old when she got married & even if she was 9 that never means that she was a child. It's about a marriage that happened in Arabia where the weather is very hot & people reach puberty much earlier than in other environments. In the Islamic religion there's no fixed age of marriage which is very wise because people reach the maturity age at different times, this varies over time & across the regions with variant climate conditions.

So it's unjustifiable & illogical to criticize a marriage that took place in Arabia some 1400 years back?!!

*. According to many Arabic historical resources, Aisha was ALREADY promised in marriage by another man before her engagement to the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him. So, it clearly shows that young marriage was quite normal in that society.

*. It was Allah, the Almighty who ordered that marriage. By this marriage Aisha,may Allah be pleased with her, was raised & nurtured with the Islamic knowledge. This reveals a part of Allah's unlimited wisdom behind that marriage considering the fact that Aisha is one of the greatest Muslim scholars, narrated many hadiths of the prophet Muhammad PBUH & taught the Muslims a lot about their religion.

*. Surely, an objection to such young marriage can only be shown if some harm was caused by it. All evidences point to the opposite since it was a very happy marriage.

• Prophet Muhammad consummation with Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was when she was nineteen years old and this was in the year 2 A.H.. Betrothal having taken place five years earlier.
• When her father, Abu Bakr, was approached on behalf of the Prophet, he replied that the girl had already been betrothed to some one called Jubair, and that he would have to settle the matter first with him. This shows that Aisha must have been approaching majority at the time.
• Although, in some historical Islamic books, it was mentioned that Aisha betrothal was at age 6 and marriage was at age 9, evidences and historical analysis proved that these information is not authentic and is not correct.
• See link below

Hints:

• Countries have laws regarding the age of marriage. Each country decides the suitable age according to its people, traditions, circumstances...etc. & this is why Islam has not decided a specific age of marriage. Also, Islam is not the only religion which does not impose a specific age of marriage. However, Islam does recognize the term "age of marriage" & this term appears in the holy Quran itself.
• All the din made on this topic is RECENT. Actually, The prophet Muhammad PBUH had lived with so much fierce enemies of Him & His message. They were hardly trying to attack Him investing any any possible opportunity. Never had any one criticized or attacked Him on that marriage, obviously because nothing wrong with it.
• What was the exact age of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her? God knows best & again she had been promised in marriage before the prophet Muhammad PBUH.
• Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, was the only wife that was younger than the prophet (PBUH). This was for a wisdom and on purpose, as commanded by God, to know the best about prophet Muhammad private life and practices and to know prophet Muhammad saying (Hadith). Accordingly, Aisha was a narrator to many prophet Muhammad Hadith and was a reference and consultant to Muslims for long time that covered the four Caliphs ruling periods (after prophet Muhammad death).
• Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was criticized by God in Quran for some issues. It would have been logic to be criticized by God in Quran on his marriage with Aisha if there is something against usual practices or wrong in this marriage.

It is important to emphasize also that at the prophet time there was no accurate recordings of ages. So, all what is narrated are coming from one source and are based on guessing and rough estimation. So, the only way is to validate the different narrations and judge on their authenticity and not to rely only on narrations. That is why one is kindly invited to refer to the referred link and judge with you mind especially that; as mentioned above in Answer C; that when father of Aisha , Abu Bakr, was approached on behalf of the Prophet, he replied that the girl had already been betrothed to some one called Jubair, and that he would have to settle the matter first with him. This shows that Aisha must have been approaching majority at the time.

Answer 4

During the first Mecca period, the Prophet Muhammad had only one wife. After his move to Medina, Muhammad had nine wives. Sura 033:050:O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;- this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large); We know what We have appointed for them as to their wives and the captives whom their right hands possess;- in order that there should be no difficulty for thee. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Apart from these words from the Koran, the real reason Muhammad had so many wives was to create political alliances and cement tribal loyalties.

Answer 5

Answer AIt is not true. Abu Bakr didn't marry the two daughters of prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique (may Allah be pleased with him) was one of Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H.)'s companions and he didn't marry any of his daughters instead Prophet (P.B.U.H.) married Hazrat Aisha who was Abu Bakar's daughter.

Hazrat Usman married two of Prophet's daughters (Hazrat Ruqqayya and Hazrat Umm-e-Kulsum). He married Umm-e-Kulsum after the death Hazrat Ruqqayya otherwise u cannot marry two sisters at a time in Islam.:] :)

Answer B

I wonder if the questioner meant: "Why did Abu Bakr marry off his two daughters to Muhammad?" I.e., the questioner knew that Muhammad, not Abu Bakr, was the bridegroom, but wanted to know why Abu Bakr agreed to be the father-in-law.

The revised question is still not correct, as Muhammad did not marry two daughters of Abu Bakr. As stated above, he only married one of them, Ayesha. He was never married to her older sister Asma (who married Muhammad's cousin) or to her younger sister Umm Kulthoom (who wasn't even born when Muhammad died).

Answer 6

Muhammad grew up in a polygamous society and he believed for a long time that the ideal number of wives was four. We know this because:

(1) When he married Khadija, he gave her four times the dower he gave to his later wives. This was a hint that he considered her worth four women, i.e. that he contracted not to have another wife in her lifetime.

(2) He fantasised about having four wives in Paradise. When Khadija was dying, he told her to take messages to her co-wives in Heaven, who were the Virgin Mary, Queen Asiya and the sister of Moses.

(3) After Khadija died, he tried hard to acquire four wives, but he was very reluctant to take more than four until 627, when he had a special dispensation from Allah that allowed him to marry as many women as he liked.

Why did he marry various women between 620 and 627? You will sometimes read that it was because poor Muslim widows needed a home and Muhammad married these women out of charity. However, this is not true. Not one of Muhammad's wives was a poor woman. All of them had either surviving family or a career to save them from destitution.

Muhammad said he chose women for four reasons: their money, their family connections, their beauty and their good character. His first few wives had various combinations of these attributes. Sawda was the only one who was not physically attractive, but he married her at a time when nobody else would have him. Ayesha, Hafsa, Zaynab and Hind were all young and attractive women, and some of them also had money or connections. He probably hoped that Hafsa or Hind would bear him a son (he knew that Sawda, Ayesha and Zaynab could not) but he was disappointed in this. Note. He did not marry Hind until after Zaynab had died - it was only four women at a time.

After 627, when he was allowed to marry as many women as he liked, Muhammad paid less and less attention to money and connections, and was more and more interested in beautiful women much younger than himself. Only one wife (Ramla) was married mainly for political reasons, but he knew when he proposed that she was also good-looking. In addition to his official wives, he also had four concubines, i.e. slave-girls of no political importance whom he kept only for their looks.

He divorced several of these young wives for trivial reasons, proving he did not care about any political advantages they might have brought him. These divorces also show that he lost interest in the girls whom he married only for their looks. Although he may not have been aware of it himself, the wives he liked best were those with strong personalities. For example, he liked Hafsa better than Juwayriya or Safiya; Hafsa was moderately pretty and very argumentative, whereas Juwayriya and Safiya were very beautiful but quiet and sweet. So much for the stereotype of the silent, obedient Muslim wife!

In conclusion, it is safe to say that politics and money were a small part of Muhammad's motive for marrying many wives, but he cared less and less about these as he became personally powerful. He married women mainly for their looks, but he was also attracted to personalities.

Answer 7

It was a common practice among the Arabs to have many wives at a time. They wanted to have more and more sons to claim superiority over other tribes. Many of the Companions (RAU) had many wives but then Almighty Allah restricted the number to FOUR at a time. The Companions (RAU) who have more wives than four had to divorce the wives exceeding number four. But as the wives of the holy Prophet (SAW) were not permitted to re-marry by Almighty Allah, the holy Prophet (SAW) was forbidden to divorce his wives.

It may be interesting to note that the Prophet married widow 15 years older than him and didn't marry until her death. The rest of the marriages were because of some special incident.

In addition, Not only prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) who married many wives but also many other prophets who preceded him. Examples are prophets David and Solomon (peace be upon them).

Answer 8

She was deeply inspired by his personality, honesty, morality and business skills and that's what women always want to see in their husbands.

Answer 9

No ,he didn't.