Why did prophet Muhammad refuse his son-in-law's request to marry again while he himself married 11 wives?

Question

There is a prophetic statement and also a story in Islamic history about prophet Muhammad's son-in-law who was trying to marry another woman (in addition to prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima). When prophet Muhammed knew he REFUSED that marriage and told him that whatever hurt his daughter (Fatima) hurts him also.

I admire the reaction from prophet Muhammed to protect his daughter. But I am also asking, why did prophet Muhamamd marry 11 wives at the same time then?

Answer 1

In one verse [33:50], god gives a permission to prophet Muhammed to marry any woman he would like and to have sex with his female prisoners of war as well as any woman who might dedicate herself to him.

In the next verse [33:51] god continues telling prophet Muhammed that he is allowed to marry any woman he likes and to have sex with any woman who dedicates herself to him, and he was also allowed to keep any number of those women to marry them (and have sex with them) any time later and that nobody is allowed to marry any woman who was waiting for her turn to be married (or having sex) with prophet Muhammed

33:50 : O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her-- specially for you, not for the (rest of) believers; We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

33.051 : Thou mayest defer (the turn of) any of them that thou pleasest, and thou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and there is no blame on thee if thou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside. This were nigher to the cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief, and their satisfaction - that of all of them - with that which thou hast to give them: and Allah knows (all) that is in your hearts: and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

The easiest thing would be to claim that Muhammad wrote the Quran and thus approved of his own deeds.

The problem with this is that Muhammad could or read or write.

So perhaps he dictated his whims to a literate colleague.

Answer 2

Son In Law Of Muhammad

Answer 3

while you're finding for a extreme answer: the Koran actual says ""Marry women human beings of your determination, 2, or 3, or 4; yet while ye concern that ye shall no longer have the skill to deal justly (with them), then in basic terms one." [Al-Qur'an 4:3]" A legalist examining is which you're certainly allowed as much as 4, offered you may handle them justly. despite if or no longer a Muslim can marry 5 or greater is unspecified. it is not prohibited (in different words, there is not any line that declares "yet no greater effective than 4"). As for emulating Mohammed...he lived devoid of air con, the internet, and cellular telephones. merely because of the fact somebody is a place form would not recommend you may desire to be a appropriate reproduction.

Answer 4

I dont think he married 11 but it is noteworthy that God limited later to 4 under specific conditions that he treat them equally and with Love and respect. He married women that were of young and old who were unable to take care of themselves as well. i.e. dirt poverty, widowed etc. In the case of Aisha who was only 11 years he married her due to a dream that he had that was precieved as message of God of some sort. He was not a womenizer as what Republican conservatives claim him to be but was rather a philanthropic personallity who cared for the poor and needy. B.T.W. I am not a Muslim so you need to get better info from a scholar. I found that alot of Muslims themselves are not totally familiar with their own religion and I can say the same about Christianity.

Answer 5

Imam Ali (alaih salam) loved Fatima (salam allah alaiha) very much. He didn't remarry until a very long time after Fatima's death.
And FYI the Prophet died before Fatima (salam allah alaiha).

And the Prophet said that whatever hurts Fatima (salam allah alaiha) hurts me too and etc. to tell everyone that when I die, Fatima's (salam allah alaiha) word is like my word and Muslims have to consider her feelings in choosing a successor!
Sunnis didn't listen to Fatima (salam allah alaiha) and the Prophet's request and chose Abubakr, but Shiats did listen and chose Imam Ali (alaih salam).

Answer 6

I admire the reaction from prophet Muhammed to protect his daughter. But I am also asking, why did prophet Muhamamd marry 11 wives at the same time then?





Why did the Prophet Muhammad marry many wives?

When Muhammad was twenty-five years old he married for the first time. His wife, Khadijah, was fifteen years older than him. She remained the only wife of the prophet for the next twenty-five years, until she died (may Allah be pleased with her).

Only after her death did the prophet marry other women. Now, it is obvious that if the prophet was after physical pleasure he did not have to wait until he was more than fifty years old to start marrying more wives. He lived in a society in which it was quite acceptable to have many wives. But the prophet remained devoted to his only wife for twenty-five years. When she died she was sixty-five years old.

His later marriages were for various reasons. Some marriages were with the view to help the women whose husbands had been killed while they were defending their faith. Others were with a view to cement relationships with devoted followers like Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. Yet others were to build bridges with various tribes who were otherwise at war with the Muslims. When the prophet became their relative through marriage, their hostilities calmed down, and much bloodshed was averted.

Recent non-Muslim writers who had the opportunity to study the life of the prophet first-hand reached a similar conclusion about his plural marriages.

John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, says that most of these marriages had "political and social motives" (Islam: The Straight Path, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 19). This he explained as follows:

As was customary for Arab chiefs, many were political marriages to cement alliances. Others were marriages to the widows of his companions who had fallen in combat and were in need of protection (John L. Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path, pp. 19-20).

Esposito reminds us of the following historical fact:

Though less common, polygyny was also permitted in biblical and even in post-biblical Judaism. From Abraham, David, and Solomon down to the reformation period, polygyny was practiced (p. 19).

Another non-Muslim Caesar E. Farah writes as follows:

In the prime of his youth and adult years Muhammad remained thoroughly devoted to Khadijah and would have none other for consort. This was an age that looked upon plural marriages with favor and in a society that in pre-biblical and post-biblical days considered polygamy an essential feature of social existence. David had six wives and numerous concubines (2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3) and Solomon was said to have had as many as 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3). Solomon’s son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines (2 Chronicles 11:21). The New Testament contains no specific injunction against plural marriages. It was commonplace for the nobility among the Christians and Jews to contract plural marriages. Luther spoke of it with toleration (Caesar E. Farah, Islam: Beliefs and Observances, 4th edition, Barron’s, U.S. 1987, p. 69).

Caesar Farah then concluded that Muhammad’s plural marriages were due "partly to political reasons and partly to his concern for the wives of his companions who had fallen in battle defending the nascent Islamic community" (p. 69).

When people hear that the prophet had many wives they conclude without much thought that the prophet was a sensuous man. However, a quick historical review of his marriages, proves otherwise.

Answer 7

George summed it up. I've never heard of what your talking about..can you provide a link?

Thanks

Answer 8

I have no idea.

Answer 9

false teaching