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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books History of Islam The Prophet's Wives While Khadijah was alive, the Holy Prophet did not marry any lady.[^131] After her death, he married several women all of whom, except for `a’ishah, were widows. The first was Sawdah. Her husband was Sakran ibn `Amr; one of the emigrants to Abyssinia who had died there leaving his wife without sponsor. Orientalists have used the Holy Prophet's marriages as an excuse to level inhuman accusations against him.

They have referred to his marriages as indulgence in pleasure and lusts.[^132] A careful and impartial judgment, however, will reveal the fact that behind these marriages, there lay some political and social motives and some gains and common good for Islam; some of those women lost any sponsor or protector; therefore, the Holy Prophet wanted to guide and protect them under the cover of marriage. Some others belonged to great households and the Holy Prophet wanted to have their protections.

At some other time, the purpose was to fight against some wrong customs of the Ignorance Era. Here are some evidences: (1) The Holy Prophet married Khadijah when he was twenty-five years old and at the zenith of youthful zeal and passion whereas she had lost the passion of youth when she married him. She lived with him for twenty-five years. (2) The Holy Prophet did not marry any other woman as long as Khadijah was alive, while polygamy was prevalent in Arabia at that time.

(3) The other marriages of the Holy Prophet took place after the age of fifty, before or after Hegira, when he was in the center of political, social and military turmoil. Could a person get into pleasure seeking activities under such circumstances? Could the Holy Prophet, while living in Medina, find a chance to be involved in lust and whims?

(4) Was life easy and smooth with different wives, each of whom had a special set of likes and dislikes and a series of womanly jealousies; wives who had hurt the Holy Prophet on various occasions?[^133] Is such a life compatible with pleasure-seeking? (5) Each one of the Holy Prophet's wives belonged to a different tribe; they were not relatives. Was such a marriage accidental and haphazard?

(6) After the Holy Prophet's emigration to Yathrib and the expansion of Islam and an increase in his spiritual influence, his social and political power had greatly risen and the Arab leaders would take pride in having their daughters married to the Holy Prophet.