Our Beloved Prophet (SAW) and his Wives

Prior to the Hijarat, the family of the Holy Prophet Mohammed^pbuh consisted of Hazrat Khadijah ^r.a and her children and she never had rival in her husband’s heart. And until the day of her death, she was his sole and beloved spouse.

Till his first wife was alive, he did not get married to any other woman, but later due to religious needs and social compulsions he had to get married several times. Out of them, nine of his wives were alive at the time of his departure from this mortal world.

HAZRAT SAUDAH BINT ZAM’A ^r.a

She was a widow. He married her after the death of his first wife Hazrat Khadijah^r.a

HAZARAT AISHAH SIDDIQAH BINT ABU BAKR ^r.a

He married her in Mecca but she came to live with him only after he had come to Madina. She was the daughter of Siqqia-e-Akbar^r.a.  The Prophet^pbuh lover her very much. She was the most learned of all the women among all of his wives. Of all his wives, she was the only one who had not been married before. All the other wives were either widows or divorcees.

HAZRAT HAFSA BINT UMAR ^r.a   – 3 Hijri

She was the daughter of Hazrat Umar Farooq^r.a. She was widowed between the battles of Badar and Uhud.

HAZARAT ZAINAB BINT KHAZEEMA ^r.a – 4Hijri

She was very compassionate to the poor, and she was called the Ummul Masakeen, that is Mother of the poor. Her first husband died a martyr’s death during the Battle of Uhud.

HAZARAT UMM-E-SALMAN ^r.a – 4 Hijri

She was also a widow, her husband was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. She had been among the first Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia.

HAZRAT ZAINAB BINT JAHASH ^r.a – 5 Hijri

She was the daughter of the Prophet’s ^PHUB aunt. At first, she was married to Hazarat Zaid Bin Haarisah, who was the Prophet’s adopted son. When Hazarat Zaid divorced her, Allah ordered him to marry her through a revelation in the Qur’an (33:37) to bring about an end to the primitive custom prevalent at that time that adopted sons were given the same status and importance as natural sons, and through this marriage he put an end to this belief.

HAZRAT JAWERIYA BINT HAARIS ^r.a - 5 Hijri

She was the daughter of a Jewish knight. She was brought as a captive of the war of Banu Mustaliq. She first came as a captive to Hazrat Sobit but the Prophet^PBUH freed her after the payment of compensation.

HAZARAT SAFIYA BINT HAI ^r.a – 7 Hijri

She belonged to the Bani Israel. She was captured during the battle of Khaibar, and brought to Madina. He set her free and later on, he married her.

HAZRAT UMME HABIBA BINT ABU SUFYAN ^r.a – 7 Hijri

She was married to Abdulla. But Abdullah Mulke went to Abyssinia and embraced Christianity, forsaking Islam. But Umme Habiba^r.a refused to give up her religion. The King of Abyssinia got her married to the Prophet^PBUH and sent her to Madina.

HAZARAT MAIMUNA BINT HAARIS ^r.a – 7 Hijri

He married her in the seventh year of hijrat, after he had come back from performing the Umrah.

He also had two slave girls. One of them was Mariya Qabtiya^r.a who was sent to him by the King of Egypt as a gift. His other slave girl was Rehana Bint Zaid^r.a. She was brought among the captives of war.

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