History
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General Information
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 Life in Mecca - Hijra - Life in Medina Conquest of Mecca - The Farewell Pilgrimage Quran - Hadith - Early Reforms Under Islam - Diplomacy - Military - Persecution by Meccans - Migration to Abyssinia Isra and Mi'raj - Splitting of the Moon - Relics - Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Jews - Christians - Slavery Farewell sermon - Hadith (Pen and Paper) - Saqifah - Ahl al-Bayt - Companions - History Durood-e-Ibrahimi - Durood-e-Tunajjina Islamic - Jewish - Bible - Medieval Christian - Historicity - Criticism PraiseNa'at - Mīlād ◈ ◈ |
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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