Wives Of The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) At A Glance

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Wives Of The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) At A Glance

Sr. No.	Ummul Momineen	Year of marriage & place	Age of bride at marriage	Age of Prophet at marriage	Years of married life with Prophet	Year of demise of Mother of all Muslims	Total Age of Mother of all Muslims	Circumstances at the time of marriage
1	Khadijatul Kubra D/O Khuwailid Quraishi Makki	28 years before Migration in Makkah 595 A.D.	40 Years	25 Years	25 Years	11 Ramazan 10 A.P.	65 Years	Two times widow, mother of three children, Prophet shouldered their responsibility. Prophet also got two sons & four daughters by her.
2	Sauda D/O Zamaa S/O Qais Qureshi Makki	Shawwal 10 A.P in Makkah 620 A.D.	50 Years	50 Years	14 Years	19 A.H.	72 Years	Migrated with her husband to Ethiopia. Divorced, returned to Makkah dishearten. After the demise of Khadija, Prophet married her.
3	Aaisha Siddiqa D/O Abu Bakr Qureshi Makki	Sending out in 2 A.H. in Madinah 624 A.D.	Different Narrations	50 Years	9 Years	57 A.H.	66 Years	Unmarried.
4	Hafsa D/O Umar S/O Khattab Qureshi Makki	Shaban 3 A.H. Madinah 625 A.D.	22 Years	55 Years	8 Years	41 A.H.	63 Years	Widow.
5	Zainab D/O Khuzaima Tribe Banu Makhzom	Ramazan 3 A.H. in Madinah 625 A.D.	29 Years	55 Years	3 Months	04 A.H.	30 Years	Three times widow.
6	Umme Salma D/O Abu Umayya Qureshi Makki	Shawwal 4 A.H. in Madinah 626 A.D.	29 Years	56 Years	7 Years	60 A.H.	84 Years	Widow, mother of four children, Prophet shouldered their responsibility. There was no child by Prophet to her.
7	Zainab D/O Jahash Qureshi Makki	Ziqada 5 A.H. in Madinah 627 A.D.	36 Years	57 Years	6 Years	20 A.H.	50 Years	Cousin of the Prophet, married with Prophet's slave Zaid to abolish class discrimination. The marriage lasted for few years. Zaid divorced her. GOD commanded to the Prophet to marry to abolish treatment of adopted son as real son.
8	Juwairia D/O Al-Harith Banu Mustalaq Jewish Tribe	Shaban 5 A.H. in Madinah 627 A.D.	20 Years	57 Years	6 Years	56 A.H.	71 Years	Widow.
9	Umme Habiba D/O Abu Sufyan Qureshi Makki	6 A.H in Madinah 628 A.D.	36 Years	58 Years	6 Years	44 A.H.	73 Years	Migrated to Ethiopia with her husband where he died. Then the Prophet married her.
10	Safiyya D/O Huyyi S/O Akhtab Jewish Tribe	Jumadil Aakhar 7 A.H. in Madinah 629 A.D.	Different Opinions	59 Years	4 Years	Ramazan 50 A.H.	60 Years	Widow of two times. Her second husband was killed in Battle of Khaibar so she was brought to Madinah as prisoner. Prophet married her and raised her to the status of Mother of Muslims.
11	Maimoona D/O Haarith Qureshi Makki	Ziqad 7 Hijri. 629 A.D during the journey of Umrah in Makkah	36 Years	59 Years	3 Years	51 A.H.	81 Years	Widow of two times.
12	Maria Qibtia	7 A.H. in Madinah 629 A.D.	Different Narrations	60 Years	4 Years	Different Narrations	Different Narrations	The king of Egypt sent her as gift to the Prophet. Prophet married her and raised her to the status of Mother of all Muslims.

Note:

* A.P. = After Prophet Hood. Prophet was bestowed prophet hood at the age of 40.

* A.H. = After Hijrat. Prophet performed Hijrat (migration) at the age of 53.

In his full youth at the age of 25, the Prophet married 15 years elder than him a two times widow and mother of orphan children. The marriage lasted for full 25 years when she died. After the death of his first wife, nobody was at his home to take care of children, so he married another divorced lady of 50 years old. After the migration to Madinah, he had to combat the old rivalry, misbehaviour, tyranny, widow problems, orphans issue and many more social evils. Similarly he had to send the emissaries with Divine Message in different clans of Arabs where Prophet was not suppose to visit. Furthermore he had to remove down the extreme enmity and hatred prevailing in Arab tribes for him. Finally he had to train the women-folk and leave behind their sufficient numbers to convey the message after him. According to 33/50 he married those ladies who devoted themselves to the mission of the Prophet and sacrificed for the mission and migrated for the mission from their homeland due to persecution. Further in 33/28-29 all the marriages were for the cause and mission, not for any worldly pleasure.

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