Wives of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

Wives of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) What is there that a woman may not do? She can do everything except what Allah has forbidden. The tea...

Wives of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

What is there that a woman may not do? She can do everything except what Allah has forbidden. The teachings of Islam tell us what the limits of behavior are. 

Anyone who goes beyond these limits is likely to meet trouble, both in this world and in the next world. The best of women have lived their lives within the limits of Allah and have achieved greatness, often through actions, which even the best of men could not have equaled. They have gained the love and respect not only of those who knew them, but also of those who came to hear about them long after they have died. Among the best of women were the wives of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) for he was the best of creation, Al Quthum, the one who has all good virtues and characteristics gathered together in him, and accordingly. 

The holy Qur'an

Allah granted him the best of women in marriage. Today, even hundreds of years later, young girls still learn a little about them and then, as they grow up and become women, they follow their example, seeking the pleasure of Allah. 

1. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid 

2. Sawada bint Zam'a 
3. A'isha Siddiqa bint Abu Bakr 
4. Hafsa bint 'Umar 
5. Zaynab bint Khuzayma
6. Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya 
7. Zaynab bint Jahsh 
8. Juwayriya bint al-Harith 
9. Umm Habiba Ramla bint Abi Sufyan 
10.Safiyya bint Huyayy 
11.Maymuna bint al-Harith 
12.Maria al-Qibtiyya

It has been related by Anas that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, " Of all the women in all the worlds, these are enough for you (meaning that they were the best of women): Maryam, the daughter of Imran, (and the mother of Jesus, peace be upon them); and Khadijah, the daughter of Khuwaylid (the first wife of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them); Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad and of Khadijah,( may Allah be pleased with them); and Asiyya, the wife of Pharaoh (who rescued Moses from the river Nile when he was a baby and brought him up as her son, peace be on them)." Anas also related that the Messenger of Allah said, "Love Allah for the gifts that He gives you; love me for the sake of Allah; and love the People of my House for I love them." 

Abdullah ibn Jafar reported that he heard Sayyiduna Ali say in Kufa that Allah's Messenger  (pbuh)said, "The best of the women of her time was Maryam, daughter of Imran, and the best of the women of her time was Khadijah, daughter of Khuwaylid." Is it not a great honor that the first person to embrace Islam was a woman? She was the first to bear witness that there is no god except Allah and that her husband was the Messenger of Allah. Her husband was our beloved Prophet Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and she was called Khadijah, ( may Allah be pleased with her) She was also called Thaira, meaning 'pure'. 

Of the Prophet's wives in Medina, (may Allah be pleased with all of them), it is clear that it was A'isha that he loved the most: From time to time, one or another of his Companions would ask him who it was that he loved the most, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not always give the same 
answer to this question, for he felt great love for many - for his wives, for his daughters by Khadijah, for their children, for Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman and Sayyiduna Ali, and for many of his Companions and community - but of his wives the only one whom he named in this connection was  A'isha. 


She too loved him greatly in return and often would seek reassurance from him that he loved her. "how is your love for me?" she once asked. For further reading click here

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