2007-09-15 19:27:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
- one he was the prophet
- two he also did so to solidify peace. marrying women from various tribes united the tribes because no one wanted to bring possible harm to their daughter and her children by causing a war.
- all except one of his wives was a widow with children. back then when some of the wives and their first husbands converted to islam their families disowned them. so, if the woman became a widow she would be left without a male protector, or guardian to look after the needs she and her children might have.
2007-09-15 19:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by vanessa 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just a Allah - the God of All Prophets allowed 300 wives and a thousand concubines for Solomon and David having 99 wives. Solomon and David are Muslims too.
2007-09-16 03:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by jadid 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prophet Mohammed was different from other Muslims, he was a prophet.
People reported that he gets sick more than anyone else.
praying between asir and magrib prayers is prohibited to everyone except the prophet.
Basically, some rules don't apply to the prophet and some rules only apply to t he prophet.
2007-09-16 02:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by Ahmed A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because when the Surah was revealed and the rule about the four wives was made clear, Prophet Mohammad was already married to more than four wives.
The only solution would have been to divorce some of them so the correct number of wives becomes four.
Do you think it would have been fair on those ladies whom he chose to divorce? Would they have enjoyed being picked out and rejected by their husband?
2007-09-16 02:33:55 · answer #4 · answered by Wanderer 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Prophet Mohammed was ALREADY married to them when the law came from God that men should have a Maximum of 4 wives . Now imagine how these women would have felt if Prophet Muhammed had to pick and choose between them!
2007-09-16 02:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by B 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
peace upon you..
this question is very interesting for me to answer..
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as we know,it is not Muhammad saw who is willing to married with all the women..but Allah told Muhammad saw to do so..
and Muhammad didn't married for nothing..
if you look back the history of Muhammad saw,all of his wives except Khadijah ra and Aisyah ra were very poor..
so,in order to help them..Allah allows Muhammad saw to marry with more than a wife..
..Wallahualam..
..Allah knows better than human..
2007-09-16 02:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Amirul 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because Muslim clerics say Mohammed said Allah said he's cool with that. Of course.
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2007-09-16 02:32:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Prophet Soloman had 1,000 wives but the Jews were not allowed that many.
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2007-09-16 02:31:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Other Muslims can NOT be compared with the Prophet (PBUH), he was special.
2007-09-16 02:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
6.28) No Limit for Marriages in Bible and Old Religions:
It is narrated that father of so many Prophets Abraham (peace be upon him) married three wives, Sarah, Hagar and Kenturah (Bible:Genesis 16,25), and Prophet Ishmael (peace be upon him) married two wives (See Hadith), Prophet Jacob (peace be upon him) married four Leah and Rachel his cousins, Zilpah and Bilhah maids (Genesis 29,30) and his brother Esau have same number Adah, Ahobimah, daughter of Zibeon and Besemath daughter of Ishmael (Genesis 36) (See Genesis 16), Prophet David (peace be upon him) married tens of wives, except concubines (read bible). Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him) is told to have married seven hundred wives with three hundred concubines (1 Kings 11:14) and his son Rheboam married eighteen wives and sixty concubines (Chronicles 11:21) and Prophet Abijah (peace be upon him) is reported to have 14 wives (2-Chronicles13:21). And Raja Man Singh of India was correct in marrying one thousand five hundred queens as per traditions.
6.29) Islam Gave Rules for Marriage;
Islam made only a limit to number of marriages which was unlimited before. Four - but only one is better if you cannot keep perfect justice, see the only verse in Quran about number of marriage. And this is also help for poor widows and safety for childless and helpless ladies. And this helps to avoid the crime of illegal sex. Which is common in monogamaic western society and caused wide spread immorality and spread infectious diseases (AIDS, burns etc.).
3 If you fear that you shall not be able to treat the orphans with fairness, then you should not marry the women with orphan children; marry other women of your choice: two, three or four. But if you fear that you will not be able to maintain justice between your wives, then marry only one or any slave girl you may own. That will be more suitable, so that you may not deviate from the Right Way. (Quran 4An-Nisaa)
6.30) Marriages of Prophet of God:
And about number wives of the prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) which was twelve in total but nine at one time, was before this order. And order for maximum limit of four was given by God. All his followers divorced more that four. And God for honour of His obedient slave allowed him to keep all his wives if they agree! And naturally they will select better. And for their choice God allowed them to stay with the Apostle of Allah and gave them honour.
28 O Prophet! Say to your wives: "If you desire the life of this world and its glitter, then come, I shall give you of these and let you go in an honorable way."
29 But if you seek Allah and His Rasool and the home of the hereafter, then you should rest assured that Allah has prepared a great reward for those of you who are good. (Quran S-33 Al-Ahzab 28-29)
And when the wives of the prophet (peace be upon him) selected him the God The All-Mighty ordered the followers to respect their high position:
53 O believers! Do not enter the houses of the Prophet without permission, nor stay waiting for meal time: but if you are invited to a meal, enter, and when you have eaten disperse and do not seek long conversation. Such behavior annoys the Prophet, he feels shy in asking you to leave, but Allah does not feel shy in telling the truth. If you have to ask his wives for anything, speak to them from behind a curtain. This is more chaste for your hearts and for theirs. It is not proper for you to annoy the Rasool of Allah, nor ever to marry his wives after him; this would be a grievous offence in the sight of Allah. (Quran Al-Ahzab 53)
And, granted them an honour to be the mothers of the faithful believers and the people of the house of the Prophet of God are declared pious by God Himself in verse no.33 of Sura Al-Ahzab.
6 The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves and his wives are as their mothers. Blood relatives have a greater claim on one another than the other believers and the Muhajirin (early Muslims who migrated from Makkah to Madinah) according to the Book of Allah: although you are permitted to some good (through leaving bequests) for your friends.This has been written in the Book of Allah.(Quran Al-Ahzab 6)
And mainly we know that all his marriages were based on important reason to help his mission assigned by the Lord. We can read some examples his marriages and their effects on promotion of Islam.
2007-09-16 02:38:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋