All of Muhammad's wives were widows or had divorced, with the exception of Aisha.
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28 Facts About Muhammad's wives
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Muhammad's wives remained monogamously married to her for another 25 years until her death.
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Watt states that all of Muhammad's wives marriages had the political aspect of strengthening friendly relationships and were based on the Arabian custom.
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Esposito points out that some of Muhammad's wives marriages were aimed at providing a livelihood for widows.
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Muhammad's wives noted that remarriage was difficult for widows in a society that emphasized virgin marriages.
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Muhammad's wives was a faithful husband to her for twenty-five years, and did not marry another woman, except after her death.
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Muhammad's wives married each of his wives thereafter for a social or political purpose; such that he wanted to honor the pious women, or wanted the loyalty of certain tribes so that Islam would spread amongst them.
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Muhammad's wives was just and fair towards them all and did not differentiate between them at all.
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Muhammad's wives followed the practice of previous Prophets, whom no one objected to their plural marriage.
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Muhammad's wives's husband died in Abyssinia and hence Sawdah had to come back to Makkah.
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Muhammad's wives was initially betrothed to Jubayr ibn Mut?im, a Muslim whose father, though pagan, was friendly to the Muslims.
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Muhammad's wives was highly regarded for her intellect and knowledge in various fields, including poetry and medicine, which received plenty of praise by the traditionist al-Zuhri and by her student Urwa ibn al-Zubayr.
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Muhammad's wives was the wife of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, a faithful Muslim and from the tribe of Al-Muttalib, for which Muhammad had special responsibility.
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Muhammad's wives was nicknamed Umm Al-Masakeen, because of her kindness and charity.
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Muhammad's wives was the paternal cousin of Khalid Ibn Al Waleed, the military commander who fought against Muhammad in many battles.
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Muhammad's wives's marriage made Khalid take an indecisive attitude at the battle of Uhud.
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Muhammad's wives thinks that even if there is a basis of fact underlying the narrative, it would have been subject to exaggeration in the course of transmission as the later Muslims liked to maintain that there was no celibacy and monkery in Islam.
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Muhammad's wives initially fell among the booty of Muhammad's companion Thabit ibn Qays ibn Al-Shammas.
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Muhammad's wives had been married first to the poet Sallam ibn Mishkam, who had divorced her, and second to Kenana ibn al-Rabi, a commander.
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Muhammad's wives is described as a humble worshiper and a pious believer.
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Muhammad's wives used to give out and spend whatever she had; she gave away a house that she had when she was still alive.
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Muhammad's wives gave some of Muhammad's other wives gifts from her jewels that she brought with her from Khaybar.
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Muhammad's wives soon married the daughter of the Quraysh leader and military commander, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, aimed at further reconciling his opponents.
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Muhammad's wives sent a proposal for marriage to Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, who was in Abyssinia at the time when she learned her husband had died.
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Muhammad's wives had previously converted to Islam against her father's will.
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Muhammad's wives kept her as a concubine despite the objections of his official wives.
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Some of Muhammad's wives widows were active politically in the Islamic state after Muhammad's wives death.
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