Muhammad's Wives - History

History

Muhammad
General Information
Full Name Muḥammad ibn `Abd Allāh - ( محمد بن عبد الله )
Born c. 570
Birth Place

Mecca (Makkah),

Arabia ( Now : Saudi Arabia )
Died 8 June 632(632-06-08) (aged 62)
Death Place

Yathrib, Arabia

( Now : Medina, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia )
Resting Place Tomb under the Green Dome of Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Medina, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Death Cause Illness ( High Fever )
Ethnicity Arab
Tribe Quraīš - ( قريش )
Clan Banū Hāshim
Religion Islam
Honorific
( ṣalawāt )		 • Ṣall Allāhu ʿalay-hi wa-sallam -
( صلى الله عليه وسلم )
• Ṣall Allahu ʿalayhi wa-’ālih -
( صلى الله عليه وآله )
Family
Father `Abd Allah
Mother Aminah bint Wahb
Brother(s) - Nil -
Sister(s) - Nil -
Spouse(s)

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Sawda bint Zamʿa Aisha bint Abi Bakr Hafsa bint Umar Zaynab bint Khuzayma Hind bint Abi Umayya Zaynab bint Jahsh Juwayriya bint Al-Harith Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan Rayhana bint Zayd Safiyya bint Huyayy Maymuna bint al-Harith

Maria al-Qibtiyya
Son(s)

Al-Qasim
`Abd-Allah

Ibrahim
Daughter(s)

Zainab
Ruqayyah
Umm Kulthoom

Fatimah
Genealogy Family Tree
Names and Titles

Āḥmed (احمد) - Ḥāmed (حامد) - Maḥmūd (محمود) - Qāsim (قاسم) - ʻāqib (عاقب) - Fātaḥ (فاتح) - Šāhid (شاھد) - Ḥāšir (حاشر) - Rašīd (رشيد) - Mašhūd (مشھود) - Bašīr (بشير) - Naḏīr (نذير) - Dāʻun (داع) - Šāfun (شاف) - Hādun (ھاد) - Mahdub (مھد) - Māḥun (ماح) - Munǧun (منج) - Nāhun (ناه) - Rasūl (رسول) - Nabī (نبى) - Um'mī (امى) - Tehāmī (تھامى) - Hāšmī (ھاشمى) - Ābṭḥīun (ابطحى) - ʻḏīḏ (عذيذ) - Ḥarīṣun ʻlīkum
(حريص عليكم) - Rʻūf (رءؤف) - Raḥīm (رحيم) - Ṭāʾ hāʾ (طه) - Muǧtabā (مجتبى) - Ṭāʾ sīn (طس) - Murtaḍā (مرتضى) - Ḥāʾ mīm (حم) - Muṣṭfā (مصطفى) - Yāʾ sīn (يس) - Āūlā (اولى) - Muzamil (مزمل) - Ūlīun (ولى) - Mudaṯir (مدثر) - Matīn (متين) - Muṣadiq (مصدق) - Ṭaīab (طيب) - Nāṣir (ناصر) - Manṣūr (منصور) - Miṣbāḥ (مصباح) - Āmirun (امر) - Ḥaǧāzyun (حجازى) - Nazaryun (نزارى) - Qaršiyun (قرشى) - Muḍariyun (مضرى) - Nabī Ātaūbati (نبى اتوبة) - Ḥāfiẓun (حافظ) - Kāmilun (كامل) - Ṣādaiq (صادق) - Āmīn (امين) - ʻabd ullāh (عبد الله‎) - Kālīm ullāh (كليم الله) - Ḥabīb ullāh (حبيب الله) - Naǧī ullāh (نجى الله) - Ṣafi ullāh (صفى الله) - Ḵātam Ul-Ānbīāʼ (خاتم الانبياء) - Ḥasībun (حسيب) - Muǧībun (مجيب) - Šakūr (شكور) - Muktaṣidun (مقتصد) - Rasūl ul-Reḥamiti (رسول الرحمۃ) - Qaūiun (قوى) - Ḥafīun (حفى) - Māmūn (مامون) - Maʻlūm (معلوم) - Ḥaqq (حق) - Mubaīn (مبين) - Muṭaīʻun (مطيع) - Rasūl ul-Ūāḥati (رسول الواحۃ) - Āūl (اول) - Āḵir (اخر) - Ẓāhir (ظاھر) - Bāṯin (باطن) - Nanī ul-Reḥamati (نبى الرحمة) - Īatīm (يتيم) - Karīm (كريم) - Ḥakīm (حكيم) - Ḵātim ul-Rasūl (خاتم الرسول) - Saīadun (سيد) - Sirāǧ (سراج) - Munaīr (منير) - Muḥaramun (محرم) - Mukaram (مكرم) - Mubašhir (مبشر) - Muzakirun (مزكر) - Muṭharun (مطھر) - kharīb (قريب) - Ḵalīl (خليل) - Madʻū (مدعو) - Ğūād (جواد) - Ḵātim (خاتم) - ʻādil (عادل) - Šahīrun (شھير) - Šahīdun (شھيد) - Rasūl ul-Malaḥmi (رسول الملاحم) -

Life

Life in Mecca - Hijra - Life in Medina Conquest of Mecca - The Farewell Pilgrimage

Career

Quran - Hadith - Early Reforms Under Islam - Diplomacy - Military - Persecution by Meccans - Migration to Abyssinia

Attributed Miracles

Isra and Mi'raj - Splitting of the Moon - Relics - Al-Masjid an-Nabawi

Muhammad's views

Jews - Christians - Slavery

Succession

Farewell sermon - Hadith (Pen and Paper) - Saqifah - Ahl al-Bayt - Companions - History

Durood

Durood-e-Ibrahimi - Durood-e-Tunajjina

Perspectives

Islamic - Jewish - Bible - Medieval Christian - Historicity - Criticism

Praise

Na'at - Mīlād

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In Arabian culture, marriage was contracted in accordance with the larger needs of the tribe and was based on the need to form alliances within the tribe and with other tribes. Virginity at the time of marriage was emphasized as a tribal honor. Watt states that all of Muhammad's marriages had the political aspect of strengthening friendly relationships and were based on the Arabian custom. Esposito points out that some of Muhammad's marriages were aimed at providing a livelihood for widows. He noted that remarriage was difficult for widows in a society that emphasized virgin marriages. Francis Edwards Peters says that it is hard to make generalizations about Muhammad's marriages: many of them were political, some compassionate, and some perhaps affairs of the heart. Muhammad's first marriage lasted 25 years.

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