Why did the prophet die leaving 9 wives, not 4 like other muslims? Is he above the law? And was it out of lust?
-Yes, our Prophet did die leaving 9 wives. Throughout his life, he had 12 wives. Namely:
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Why 9?-Yes, our Prophet did die leaving 9 wives. Throughout his life, he had 12 wives. Namely:
- Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
- Sawdah bint Zam’ah
- A’ishah bint Abi Bakr
- Hafsah bint `Umar ibn Al-Khattab
- Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
- Ummu Salama
- Zaynab bint Jahsh
- Juwayriah bint Al-Harith
- Umm Habibah
- Safiyah bint Huyay ibn Akhtab
- Maymunah bint Al-Harith
- Maria the Coptic
- When the Quranic verse that says - a Muslim should have a maximum of 4 wives - was revealed, our Prophet had already had 9 of the wives, whom he married between the age 53-60, except for Khadijah.
-As a consequence, other Muslims who had more than 4 wives at that time had to divorce some of them to reach the max number of 4.
-But as the case of the Prophet, he couldn't divorce them because Muslims are prohibited to marry any of the Prophet's ex-wives, because the wives are their mothers (hence the term Ummul Mukminin) according to surah al-Ahzab: 6
-As a consequence, other Muslims who had more than 4 wives at that time had to divorce some of them to reach the max number of 4.
-But as the case of the Prophet, he couldn't divorce them because Muslims are prohibited to marry any of the Prophet's ex-wives, because the wives are their mothers (hence the term Ummul Mukminin) according to surah al-Ahzab: 6
النبي أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم وأزواجه أمهاتهم
"The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers."
"The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers."
- So the Prophet had no choice but to keep all 9, as not to be cruel to them. Because the ex-wives of other Muslims can always remarry, but not the Prophet's ex-wives. The syariah cannot contradict itself, because it came for the benefit of humankind, not to harm them.
- But right after that, another verse was revealed, prohibiting the Prophet to marry any other women, or to change any of the wives:
"It is not lawful for you (to marry other) women after this, nor to change them for other wives." (Al-Ahzab 33:52)
- So that's the story behind why the Prophet kept all of his 9 wives till the day he died.
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Was it out of lust?
- The Prophet remained monogamous for 25 years with Khadijah. And after she died when he was 50, he still remained unmarried for 2 years.
- While the 'cool thing' among Arabs during his time was to marry a virgin, all of the Prophet's wives are either a divorcee or a widow, except for Aisyah r.a.
- So if he really was a lustful person, the reasonable thing to do is to marry virgins instead of divorcees or widows. But he didn't.
- There were reasons behind some of the marriages. I will continue the stories in my next post insyaAllah. Keep reading (^_~)
In the mean time, read this post on the Prophet being a pedophile by marrying Aishah.
- The Prophet remained monogamous for 25 years with Khadijah. And after she died when he was 50, he still remained unmarried for 2 years.
- While the 'cool thing' among Arabs during his time was to marry a virgin, all of the Prophet's wives are either a divorcee or a widow, except for Aisyah r.a.
- So if he really was a lustful person, the reasonable thing to do is to marry virgins instead of divorcees or widows. But he didn't.
- There were reasons behind some of the marriages. I will continue the stories in my next post insyaAllah. Keep reading (^_~)
In the mean time, read this post on the Prophet being a pedophile by marrying Aishah.
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