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Muhammad's wives
Source: Syed Abu Zafar Zain, The Prophet of Islam, the Ideal Husband (Lahore: Kazi Publications), pp. 10-12.
His marriages:
Name of Bride______Bride's age at marriage___Comments
Khadija bint khawilad________40______________Twice widowed
_____________________________________________before
Sauda Bint Zama______________50______________Widow
Aisha bint Abu Bakr__________9_______________Started living
_____________________________________________with the
_____________________________________________prophet at the
_____________________________________________age of 9.
Hafsa Bint Umar bin Khattab__22______________Widow
Zainab bint Khuzaima_________30______________?
Umm-I-Salma bint Abu Umayia__26______________Widow
Zainab Bint Jahash___________38______________Widow
Juwaeria Bint Harith_________20______________Widow
Umm-I-Habiba bint Abu Sufyan_36______________Widow
Marya Qibtiya bint Shamun____17______________Virgin,Egyptian
Safia bint Hayi bin Akhtab___17______________Widow
Raihana bint umru bin hanafa_?_______________?
Maimuna bint harith__________36______________Widow
Syed Abu Zafar Zain is a Muslim defender. He also mention is his writing that he admits he had fifteen wives. There only 13 detailed above! Probably didn't know the information on the other two.
And one more thing. A couple of verses in the Qu'ran.
First one dictating how many wives a Muslim can have:
[an-Nisa' 4:3] And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.
And secondly, the verse allowing Muhammad, and only Muhammad to have more than four:
[al-Ahzab 33:50] 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.
If your interpretation of the virgins is correct, and the virgins in Paradise are converted wives back to virgin wives, normal Muslims would have four virgin wives in Paradise and Muhammad would have fifteen virgin wives, right?
God Bless,
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