This is a thread on the wives of the prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) who are called “Mother of the believers.
Allah says in the Quran “The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers.”
(Surah al Ahzab chapter 33 verse 6)
1 – Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid (may Allaah be pleased with her)
She was the first of his wives. The Prophet (ﷺ) married her when he was twenty-five years old, and he did not take another wife until after she died. All his children were born from her, except Ibraaheem.
Al-Bukhaari entitled a chapter in his Saheeh: “The marriage of the Prophet (ﷺ) to Khadeejah (may Allaah be pleased with her), and her virtues,” in which he narrated a hadeeth from ‘Aa’ishah who said: “I never felt jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) as I did of Khadeejah, although she died before he married me, because of what I heard him say about her.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3815.
2 – Sawdah bint Zam’ah ibn Qays
The Prophet (ﷺ) married her in the tenth year of his Prophethood. Tabaqaat Ibn Sa’d, narrating from al-Waaqidi, 8/52-53; Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah, 3/149
3 – ‘Aisha bint Abi Bakr al-Siddeeq (may Allaah be pleased with her)
The Prophet (ﷺ) married her in Shawwaal of the tenth year of the Prophethood. Ibn Sa’d, 8/58-59. She herself said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) married me when I was six years old, and consummated the marriage with me when I was nine.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3894; Muslim, 1422. Al-Bukhaari (5077) also narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) did not marry any virgin apart form her.
4 – Hafsah bint ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with her)
It was narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that Hafsah’s husband Khunays ibn Hudhaafah, who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) and had been present at Badr, died in Madeenah. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab said: I met ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan and offered Hafsah to him in marriage. I said: If you wish, I will marry Hafsah bint ‘Umar to you. He said: I will think about it. Several nights passed, then he said: I think that I do not want to get married at this time. ‘Umar said: Then I met Abu Bakr and I said: If you wish, I will marry Hafsah bint ‘Umar to you. Abu Bakr kept quiet and did not give me any response. I was more upset about him than about ‘Uthmaan. Several nights passed, then the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) proposed to her and I married her to him. Then Abu Bakr met me and said: Perhaps you felt upset when you offered Hafsah in marriage to me and I did not reply? I said: Yes. He said: Nothing prevented me from responding to your offer but the fact that I knew that the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) had mentioned her, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ). If he had decided not to marry her, I would have accepted your offer.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4005.
5 – Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (may Allaah be pleased with her)
The Prophet (ﷺ) married her in Ramadaan, thirty-one months after the Hijrah. Tabaqaat Ibn Sa’d, 8/115
6 – Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah (may Allaah be pleased with her)
Muslim (918) narrated that Umm Salamah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) say: “There is no person who is faced with a calamity and says Inna Lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji’oon, Allaahumma ujurni fi museebati w'ukhluf li khayran minha (Truly, to Allaah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return; O Allaah, reward mein this calamity and compensate me with something better than it) but Allaah will reward him in his calamity and will compensate him with something better than that.” She said: When Abu Salamah died, I said what the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) had commanded me, and Allaah compensated me with someone better than him: the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ).
According to another report: when Abu Salamah died, I (Umm salamah) said: Who is better than Abu Salamah, the companion of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ)? But Allaah decreed that I should say it. Then I got married to the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ).
7 – Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith (may Allaah be pleased with her)
She fell prisoner to the Muslims during the battle of Banu’l-Mustalaq, and she came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to ask him to help her to manumit herself and buy her freedom. He offered to buy her freedom and marry her, and she accepted. The Prophet (ﷺ) married her and made her manumission her dowry. When the people came to know of that, they set free their own prisoners, so as to honour the in-laws of the Messenger (ﷺ). No woman brought a greater blessing to her people than she did. Narrated by Ibn Ishaaq with a hasan isnaad. Seerat Ibn Hishaam, 3/408-409.
8 – Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allaah be pleased with her)
Concerning her Allaah revealed the words (interpretation of the meaning):
“So when Zayd had accomplished his desire from her (i.e. divorced her), We gave her to you in marriage, so that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the believers in respect of (the marriage of) the wives of their adopted sons when the latter have no desire to keep them (i.e. they have divorced them)”
[al-Ahzaab 33:37]
She used to boast about this to the other wives of the Prophet (ﷺ), saying: “Your families arranged your marriages but Allaah arranged my marriage from above the seven heavens.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7420.
9 – Umm Habeebah bint Abi Sufyaan (may Allaah be pleased with her)
Abu Dawood (2107) narrated from ‘Urwah from Umm Habeebah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that she was married to ‘Ubayd-Allaah ibn Jahsh, who died in Abyssinia. Then the Negus married her to the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave her a mahr of four thousand on his behalf, and sent her to the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) with Shurahbeel ibn Hasanah. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
10- Maymoonah bint al-Haarith (may Allaah be pleased with her)
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) married Maymoonah when he was in ihraam. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1832; Muslim, 1410.
The words “when he was in ihraam” are a mistake. In fact the Prophet (ﷺ) married her after he exited ihraam following ‘Umrat al-Qada’.
See Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/113; Fath al-Baari, hadeeth no. 5114.
11 – Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab (may Allaah be pleased with her)
The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) set her free and married her after the battle of Khaybar. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 371.
These are the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) with whom he consummated marriage. Two of them died during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), namely Khadeejah and Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (may Allaah be pleased with them both). The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) left behind nine wives when he died; there is no difference of scholarly opinion on this matter.
See Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/105-114
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The list of the names of the Prophet (ﷺ) Wives are:
1 – Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid
2 - Sawdah bint zam’ah ibn qays
3 - Aisha bint Abu bakr
4 - Hafsah bint Umar al khattab
5 - Zaynab bint khuzaymah
6 - Umm salamah bint Abi Umayyah
7 - Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith
8 - Zaynab bint Jahsh
9 - Umm Habeebah bint Abi sufyan
10 - Maymoonah bint al-Haarith
11 - Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab
May Allah be pleased with them All.
Allah says in the Quran “The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers.”
(Surah al Ahzab chapter 33 verse 6)
1 – Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid (may Allaah be pleased with her)
She was the first of his wives. The Prophet (ﷺ) married her when he was twenty-five years old, and he did not take another wife until after she died. All his children were born from her, except Ibraaheem.
Al-Bukhaari entitled a chapter in his Saheeh: “The marriage of the Prophet (ﷺ) to Khadeejah (may Allaah be pleased with her), and her virtues,” in which he narrated a hadeeth from ‘Aa’ishah who said: “I never felt jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) as I did of Khadeejah, although she died before he married me, because of what I heard him say about her.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3815.
2 – Sawdah bint Zam’ah ibn Qays
The Prophet (ﷺ) married her in the tenth year of his Prophethood. Tabaqaat Ibn Sa’d, narrating from al-Waaqidi, 8/52-53; Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah, 3/149
3 – ‘Aisha bint Abi Bakr al-Siddeeq (may Allaah be pleased with her)
The Prophet (ﷺ) married her in Shawwaal of the tenth year of the Prophethood. Ibn Sa’d, 8/58-59. She herself said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) married me when I was six years old, and consummated the marriage with me when I was nine.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3894; Muslim, 1422. Al-Bukhaari (5077) also narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) did not marry any virgin apart form her.
4 – Hafsah bint ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with her)
It was narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that Hafsah’s husband Khunays ibn Hudhaafah, who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) and had been present at Badr, died in Madeenah. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab said: I met ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan and offered Hafsah to him in marriage. I said: If you wish, I will marry Hafsah bint ‘Umar to you. He said: I will think about it. Several nights passed, then he said: I think that I do not want to get married at this time. ‘Umar said: Then I met Abu Bakr and I said: If you wish, I will marry Hafsah bint ‘Umar to you. Abu Bakr kept quiet and did not give me any response. I was more upset about him than about ‘Uthmaan. Several nights passed, then the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) proposed to her and I married her to him. Then Abu Bakr met me and said: Perhaps you felt upset when you offered Hafsah in marriage to me and I did not reply? I said: Yes. He said: Nothing prevented me from responding to your offer but the fact that I knew that the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) had mentioned her, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ). If he had decided not to marry her, I would have accepted your offer.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4005.
5 – Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (may Allaah be pleased with her)
The Prophet (ﷺ) married her in Ramadaan, thirty-one months after the Hijrah. Tabaqaat Ibn Sa’d, 8/115
6 – Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah (may Allaah be pleased with her)
Muslim (918) narrated that Umm Salamah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) say: “There is no person who is faced with a calamity and says Inna Lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji’oon, Allaahumma ujurni fi museebati w'ukhluf li khayran minha (Truly, to Allaah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return; O Allaah, reward mein this calamity and compensate me with something better than it) but Allaah will reward him in his calamity and will compensate him with something better than that.” She said: When Abu Salamah died, I said what the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) had commanded me, and Allaah compensated me with someone better than him: the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ).
According to another report: when Abu Salamah died, I (Umm salamah) said: Who is better than Abu Salamah, the companion of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ)? But Allaah decreed that I should say it. Then I got married to the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ).
7 – Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith (may Allaah be pleased with her)
She fell prisoner to the Muslims during the battle of Banu’l-Mustalaq, and she came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to ask him to help her to manumit herself and buy her freedom. He offered to buy her freedom and marry her, and she accepted. The Prophet (ﷺ) married her and made her manumission her dowry. When the people came to know of that, they set free their own prisoners, so as to honour the in-laws of the Messenger (ﷺ). No woman brought a greater blessing to her people than she did. Narrated by Ibn Ishaaq with a hasan isnaad. Seerat Ibn Hishaam, 3/408-409.
8 – Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allaah be pleased with her)
Concerning her Allaah revealed the words (interpretation of the meaning):
“So when Zayd had accomplished his desire from her (i.e. divorced her), We gave her to you in marriage, so that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the believers in respect of (the marriage of) the wives of their adopted sons when the latter have no desire to keep them (i.e. they have divorced them)”
[al-Ahzaab 33:37]
She used to boast about this to the other wives of the Prophet (ﷺ), saying: “Your families arranged your marriages but Allaah arranged my marriage from above the seven heavens.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7420.
9 – Umm Habeebah bint Abi Sufyaan (may Allaah be pleased with her)
Abu Dawood (2107) narrated from ‘Urwah from Umm Habeebah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that she was married to ‘Ubayd-Allaah ibn Jahsh, who died in Abyssinia. Then the Negus married her to the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave her a mahr of four thousand on his behalf, and sent her to the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) with Shurahbeel ibn Hasanah. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
10- Maymoonah bint al-Haarith (may Allaah be pleased with her)
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) married Maymoonah when he was in ihraam. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1832; Muslim, 1410.
The words “when he was in ihraam” are a mistake. In fact the Prophet (ﷺ) married her after he exited ihraam following ‘Umrat al-Qada’.
See Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/113; Fath al-Baari, hadeeth no. 5114.
11 – Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab (may Allaah be pleased with her)
The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) set her free and married her after the battle of Khaybar. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 371.
These are the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) with whom he consummated marriage. Two of them died during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), namely Khadeejah and Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (may Allaah be pleased with them both). The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) left behind nine wives when he died; there is no difference of scholarly opinion on this matter.
See Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/105-114
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The list of the names of the Prophet (ﷺ) Wives are:
1 – Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid
2 - Sawdah bint zam’ah ibn qays
3 - Aisha bint Abu bakr
4 - Hafsah bint Umar al khattab
5 - Zaynab bint khuzaymah
6 - Umm salamah bint Abi Umayyah
7 - Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith
8 - Zaynab bint Jahsh
9 - Umm Habeebah bint Abi sufyan
10 - Maymoonah bint al-Haarith
11 - Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab
May Allah be pleased with them All.
