Wives of Muhammad
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The Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to have had thirteen wives in total. As a sign of respect, Muslims refer to each of these wives with the title "Umm al-Muʾminīn", which is derived from 33:6 of the
Grave of the wives of Muhammad in Al-Baqi Cemetery, Medina
Aisha
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Aisha bint Abi Bakr was the third and youngest wife of Islamic prophet Muhammad. After Muhammad's death, she was politically active during the Rashidun Caliphate and stands out as a prominent female f
Wives of Muhammad
…her death in 619 (the Year of Sorrow) ended their 24-year-long marriage. After Khadija, Muhammad went on to marry ten women: Sawdah bint Zam'ah in 619; Aisha bint Abi Bakr in 620; Hafsah bint Umar, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, and Hind bint Abi Umayya in 625; Zaynab bint Jahsh in 627; Juwayriya bint al-Harith and Ramla bint Abi…
Ottoman miniature from a Siyar-i Nabî manuscript depicting Aisha (left, in brown) informing her husband, Muhammad, about a local plague.
Ottoman miniature depicting Khawlah bint Hakim proposing the marriage between Muhammad and Aisha, from a 16th-century Siyer-i Nebi manuscript, produced in Constantinople and now held in the Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul
Persian miniature from the Compendium of Histories (Majma' al-tawarikh) by Hafiz-i Abru, depicting the Battle of the Camel, with Aisha opposing Ali