Why is there no concept of spiritualism and self-control in Islam in matters of sex, violence and food? Why does it refuse to treat a woman as mother? Why sex and child-production are the only practical purposes of a woman? Why does a Prophet instruct on how to distribute women as slaves after winning a war? There were several facts about Islam that I simply could not digest:Ī Prophet is supposed to be a saint, why did he marry 9 times and kept so many concubines? Why did he marry a child when he was so old? Obviously there were no answers and I am seeking them even till date. My immediate counter-question was – What do you do when you have to give support to your mother? My history teacher told me that he did so because she was a widow and he wanted to give her support. I was brought up with a mindset that every lady elder to me is equivalent to my mother. When I learnt that Prophet married his aunt who was much older to him, I was shocked. One day Sauda proclaimed, Subhanallah, now they bring to me coins of silver in bags of burlap. This was a very smart move by Sauda since after Muhammad his wives received huge amount of wealth from the booty. Muhammad accepted the deal and kept Sauda as his wife. Sauda feared that she would die out of poverty and begged Muhammad to keep her as his wife and told her that he does not have to spend any night with her and could go to her favorite wife Aisha when it is her turn. So Muhammad divorced her a few years later when he had a lot of younger wives. But Sauda was a large woman and not very attractive. Sauda was perhaps 23 to 33 years old when Muhammad married her. Sauda’s husband, along with another Muslim converted to Christianity when they migrated to Abyssinia and both of them mysteriously died. I doubt Khadija would have liked to support her husband’s other wives.Īfter the death of Khadija Muhammad married Sauda. He was living in her home and had not money of his own. Muhammad was unable to marry another woman while Khadija was alive.

Later he amassed a lot of wealth through raids and robbery. By the time Muhammad left Mecca the family was reduced to poverty. He did not have to work after that and lived on the wealth of his wife until all her wealth vanished. So this was a very convenient marriage for him. This would have made Khadija 50 years old, which is highly unlikely for a woman to give birth at that age.Īnyway Khadija was a wealthy widow and Muhammad was a pauper. Muhammad last child was Fatima who was born when he was 35 years old. Muhammad’s first wife was a few years older than him, but not 15 years as historians claim. I don’t know where that story comes from. All the points you raised in your comments are valid and true.

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