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8/13/2019 List of Muhammad's Wives and Concubines http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/list-of-muhammads-wives-and-concubines 1/14 List of Muhammad's Wives and Concubines According to Anas ibn Malik, the Prophet Muhammad used to visit all eleven of his wives in one night; but he could manage this, as he had the sexual prowess of thirty men. [1]  The historian Al-Tabari calculated that Muhammad married a total of fifteen women, though only ever eleven at one time; and two of these marriages were never consummated . [2]  This tally of fifteen does not include at least four concubines. According to Merriam-Webster, a concubine is “a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married”, and has a “social status in a household below that of a wife.” [3]  All of Muhammad’s concubines were his slaves. Al- Tabari also excludes from the fifteen several other women with whom Muhammad had some kind of marriage contract but who, due to legal technicalities, never became full wives. It is fairly certain, however, that none of these unions was ever consummated. They were the cultural equivalent of a broken engagement. Finally, there were several other women whom Muhammad wished to marry, or whom he was invited to marry, but for various reasons he did not. Contents  1 Lists o 1.1 Wives and Concubines o 1.2 Engagements and Broken Contracts o 1.3 Refused Proposals  2 See Also   3 References Lists The following lists of women in Muhammad’s life are based on the Islamic sources. Because there were so many women, some of whom had only a very brief association with him, it is  possible that this number still falls short of the real total. Wives and Concubines No. Name Status Date Details Notable Early Sources 1 Khadijah  bint Khuwaylid Married July 595. She was a wealthy merchant from Mecca who employed the 24- year-old Muhammad and then proposed marriage. She was the mother of six of his children and a key character in the earliest development of Islam.  Ibn Ishaq [4]   Ibn Hisham [5]   Al-Tabari [6]   Ibn Sa'd [7]  
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List of Muhammad's Wives and

Concubines

According to Anas ibn Malik, the Prophet Muhammad used to visit all eleven of his wives inone night; but he could manage this, as he had the sexual  prowess of thirty men.[1] The

historian Al-Tabari calculated that Muhammad married a total of fifteen women, though only

ever eleven at one time; and two of these marriages were never consummated.[2] This tally of

fifteen does not include at least four concubines. According to Merriam-Webster, a concubine

is “a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married”, and has a “social status in a

household below that of a wife.”[3] All of Muhammad’s concubines were his slaves. Al-

Tabari also excludes from the fifteen several other women with whom Muhammad had some

kind of marriage contract but who, due to legal technicalities, never became full wives. It is

fairly certain, however, that none of these unions was ever consummated. They were the

cultural equivalent of a broken engagement. Finally, there were several other women whom

Muhammad wished to marry, or whom he was invited to marry, but for various reasons hedid not.

Contents

  1 Lists 

o  1.1 Wives and Concubines 

o  1.2 Engagements and Broken Contracts 

o  1.3 Refused Proposals 

  2 See Also 

  3 References 

Lists

The following lists of women in Muhammad’s life are based on the Islamic sources. Because

there were so many women, some of whom had only a very brief association with him, it is

 possible that this number still falls short of the real total.

Wives and Concubines

No. Name Status Date DetailsNotable Early

Sources

1

Khadijah

 bint

Khuwaylid 

Married July 595.

She was a wealthy

merchant from Mecca

who employed the 24-

year-old Muhammad and

then proposed marriage.

She was the mother of six

of his children and a key

character in the earliestdevelopment of Islam.

  Ibn Ishaq[4] 

  Ibn Hisham[5] 

  Al-Tabar i[6] 

  Ibn Sa'd[7] 

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She was Muhammad's

only wife as long as she

lived. She died in April

620.

2Sawda bint

Zam'a

Married,

though

with

limited

rights.

May 620.

She was a tanner who had

 been an early convert to

Islam. Muhammad

married her at a time

when he was unpopular

and bankrupt. He

considered divorcing her

when, as the oldest and

 plainest of his wives

(described as "fat and

very slow"), she no

longer attracted him, butshe persuaded him to

keep her in the house in

exchange for never

sleeping with her again

(she gave up her turn to

Aisha).

  Bukhar i[8] 

  Ibn Ishaq[9] 

  Ibn

Hisham[10] 

  Al-Tabar i[11] 

  Ibn Sa'd[12] 

3Aisha bint

Abi BakrMarried

Contracted

May 620 but

first

consummated

in April or

May 623.

She was the daughter of

Muhammad's best friend

and head evangelist Abu

Bakr. Muhammad

selected the six-year-oldAisha in preference to her

teenaged sister, and she

remained his favourite

wife. She contributed a

major body of

information to Islamic

law and history. The

 paedophilic aspect of this

relationship has

institutionalised such

marriages within Islam.

  Ibn Ishaq[13] 

  Ibn

Hisham[14] 

  Al-Tabar i[15] 

  Ibn Sa'd[16] 

4Hafsa bint

UmarMarried

January or

February 625.

She was the daughter of

Muhammad's wealthy

friend Umar. Hafsa was

the custodian of the

autograph-text of the

Qur'an, which was

actually somewhat

different from the

standard Qur'an of today.

  Ibn Ishaq[17] 

  Ibn

Hisham[18] 

  Al-Tabar i[19] 

  Ibn Sa'd[20] 

5Zaynab bintKhuzayma

Married February orMarch 625.

She was a middle-classwidow known as "Mother

  IbnHisham[21] 

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of the Poor" because of

her commitment to

charity work. She died in

October 625.

  Al-Tabar i[22] 

  Ibn Sa'd[23] 

6

Hind (Umm

Salama)

 bint Abi

Umayya

Married April 626.

An attractive widow with

four young children, Hind

had been rejected by her

aristocratic family in

Mecca because they were

so hostile to Islam. Her

tact and practical wisdom

sometimes mitigated

Muhammad's cruelties.

She was a notable teacher

of Islamic law and a

 partisan of Ali.

  Ibn Ishaq[24] 

  Ibn

Hisham[25] 

  Al-Tabar i[26] 

  Ibn Sa'd[27] 

7 Zaynab bintJahsh Married March 627.

An early convert to Islam,

Zaynab was the wife of

Muhammad's adopted son

Zayd ibn Harithah. She

was also the Prophet's

 biological cousin. When

Muhammad became

infatuated with Zaynab,

Zayd was pressured into a

divorce. To justify

marrying her, Muhammadannounced new

revelations that (1) an

adopted son did not count

as a real son, so Zaynab

was not his daughter-in-

law, and (2) as a prophet,

he was allowed more than

the standard four wives.

Zaynab excelled at

leather-crafts.

  Ibn Ishaq[28] 

  Ibn

Hisham

[29]

   Al-Tabar i[30] 

  Ibn Sa'd[31] 

8

Rayhana

 bint Zayd

ibn Amr

Sexual

slaveryMay 627.

Her first husband was one

of the 600-900 Qurayza

men whom Muhammad

 beheaded in April 627.

He enslaved all the

women and selected

Rayhana for himself

 because she was the most

 beautiful. When she

refused to marry him, he

kept her as a concubineinstead. She died shortly

  Ibn Ishaq[32] 

  Al-Tabar i[33] 

  Ibn Sa'd[34] 

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 before Muhammad in

632.

9

Juwayriyah

 bint Al-

Harith

Married January 628.

The daughter of an Arab

chief, she was taken

 prisoner when

Muhammad attacked her

tribe. Muhammad did not

make a habit of marrying

his war-captives, but

Aisha claimed that

Juwayriyah was so

 beautiful that men always

fell in love with her at

first sight.

  Ibn Ishaq[35] 

  Ibn

Hisham[36] 

  Al-Tabar i[37] 

  Ibn Sa'd[38] 

10

Ramlah

(Umm

Habiba) bint

Abi Sufyan

Married

July 628

(following a

 proxy wedding

earlier in the

year)

She was a daughter of

Abu Sufyan, the Meccanchief who led the

resistance against

Muhammad, but she had

 been a teenaged convert

to Islam. This marriage

offset some of

Muhammad's political

humiliation in the Treaty

of Hudaybiya by

demonstrating that he

could command theloyalty of his adversary's

own daughter. Ramlah

was devoted to

Muhammad and quick to

 pick quarrels with people

who were not.

  Ibn Ishaq[39] 

  Ibn

Hisham[40] 

  Al-Tabar i[41] 

  Ibn Sa'd[42] 

11Safiyah bint

Huyayy Married July 628.

She was the beautiful

daughter of a Jewish

chief, Huyayy ibn

Akhtab. Muhammadmarried her on the day he

defeated the last Jewish

tribe in Arabia, only

hours after he had

supervised the slaying of

Kinana her second

husband. His earlier

victims had included her

father, brother, first

husband, three uncles and

several cousins. Thismarriage was of no

  Ibn Ishaq[43] 

  Ibn

Hisham[44] 

  Al-Tabar i[45] 

  Ibn Sa'd[46] 

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 benefit to Safiyah's

defeated tribe, who were

 banished from Arabia a

few years later; its real

 political significance was

that Safiyah's presence inMuhammad's household

was an open

demonstration that he had

defeated the Jews.

12

Maymunah

 bint Al-

Harith

Married February 629.

She was a middle-class

widow from Mecca who

 proposed marriage to

Muhammad. A placid

woman who kept a very

tidy house, Maymunahwas completely obsessed

with rules and rituals.

  Ibn Ishaq[47] 

  Ibn

Hisham[48] 

  Al-Tabar i[49] 

 Ibn Sa'd

[50]

 

13

Mariyah

 bint

Shamoon

al-Quptiya 

Sexual

slaveryc. June 629.

She was one of several

slaves whom the

Governor of Egypt sent as

a present to Muhammad.

He kept her as a

concubine despite the

objections of his official

wives, who feared her

 beauty. Mariyah boreMuhammad a son,

Ibrahim.

  Ibn Ishaq[51] 

  Al-Tabar i[52] 

  Ibn Sa'd[53] 

14Mulayka

 bint KaabDivorced January 630.

Her family resisted the

Muslim invasion of

Mecca. Needing to

appease the conqueror,

they gave him the

 beautiful Mulayka as a

 bride. When she realised

that Muhammad's armyhad killed her father, she

demanded a divorce,

which he granted her. She

died a few weeks later.

  Al-Tabar i[54] 

  Ibn Sa'd[55] 

15

Fatima al-

 Aliya bint

Zabyan al-

 Dahhak  

DivorcedFebruary or

March 630.

She was the daughter of a

minor chief who had

converted to Islam.

Muhammad divorced her

after only a few weeks

"because she peeked at

men in the mosquecourtyard." Fatima had to

  Al-Tabar i[56] 

  Ibn Sa'd[57] 

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work for the rest of her

life as a dung-collector,

and she outlived all

Muhammad's widows.

16Asma bint

Al-NumanDivorced

June or July

630.

She was a princess from

Yemen whose family

hoped the marriage

alliance would ward off a

military invasion from

Medina. But Muhammad

divorced her before

consummation after

Aisha tricked her into

reciting the divorce

formula. Asma later

married a brother ofUmm Salama.

  Ibn

Hisham[58] 

  Al-Tabar i[59] 

  Ibn Sa'd[60] 

17  Al-Jariya Sexual

slaveryAfter 627.

She was a domestic slave

 belonging to Zaynab bint

Jahsh, who made

Muhammad a present of

her. She seems to have

 been an "unofficial"

concubine who did not

have a regular turn on his

roster.

  Ibn al-

Qayyim[61] 

18Amra bint

YazidDivorced c. 631.

She was a Bedouin of no

 political importance.

Muhammad divorced her

 before consummation

when he saw she had

symptoms of leprosy.

  Ibn Ishaq[62] 

  Ibn

Hisham[63] 

  Al-Tabar i[64] 

  Ibn Sa'd[65] 

19Tukana al-

Quraziya

Sexual

slavery

Unknown, but

 probably in thelast months of

Muhammad's

life.

She was a member of the

defeated Qurayza tribe

whom Muhammad

selected as one of his

 personal slaves. Sheappears to have been

another "unofficial"

concubine without a

regular turn on the roster.

After Muhammad's death,

she married Abbas.

  Majlisi[66] 

  Ibn al-

Qayyim.[67] 

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Engagements and Broken Contracts

No. Name Date DetailsNotable early

sources

1

Ghaziya

(Umm

Sharik) bint

Jabir

Early 627.

She was a poor widow with dependentchildren. She sent Muhammad a

 proposal of marriage, and he agreed to

the contract. However, when he met her

in person, he saw that, although

attractive, she was "old", and he

divorced her immediately. She never

remarried.

  Ibn Hisham[68] 

  Al-Tabar i[69] 

  Ibn Sa'd[70] 

2 Khawla bint

Hudhayl

Probablymid- or

late-627.

She was a princess from the powerful

Christian Taghlib tribe in northern

Arabia. Her uncle arranged the

marriage, which was expected to be politically advantageous on both sides.

Muhammad signed the contract, but

Khawla died on her journey to Medina,

 before they met in person.

 Al-Tabar i

[71]

   Ibn Sa'd[72] 

3Sharaf bint

Khalifa

Probably

mid- or

late-627.

She was an aunt of Khawla bint

Hudhayl (above). After Khawla's death,

the family tried to substitute Sharaf. In

one tradition, Sharaf also died before

consummation. In another tradition,

Muhammad changed his mind and broke off the contract.

  Al-Tabar i[73] 

  Ibn Sa'd[74] 

4Layla bint

al-KhutaymAfter 627.

One of the first converts in Medina,

Layla asked Muhammad to marry her so

that her clan, the Zafar, would be the

most closely allied to the Prophet. He

agreed. However, Layla's family warned

her that she was too "jealous and whip-

tongued" to adapt well to polygamy,

which would cause political problems

for the whole community. Under this

 pressure, Layla broke off theengagement.

  Al-Tabar i[75] 

  Ibn Sa'd[76] 

5

Umm

Habib bint

Al-Abbas

After

March 630.

She was Muhammad's cousin. He saw

her as a baby crawling around and

remarked, "If I am alive when she

grows up, I will marry her." He changed

his mind when he found out that her

father had been his foster-brother and

died soon afterwards.

  Ibn Ishaq.[77] 

  Al-Tabari.[78] 

  Ibn Sa'd.[79] 

6

Sana al-

 Nashat  bintRifaa

c. April

630.

She was the daughter of a Muslim

warrior who hoped to advance hiscareer by becoming Muhammad's

  Al-Tabar i

  Ibn Sa'd[81] 

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(Asma) ibn

As-Salt

father-in-law. Muhammad signed the

contract, but Sana died before the

marriage could be consummated.

7Umra bint

Rifaa

c. May

630.

She was the sister of Sana (above).

After Sana died, their father tried to

interest Muhammad in Umra. At first he

agreed, but he later changed his mind,

ostensibly because Rifaa boasted that

Umra "has never known a day's illness

in her life."

  Ibn Sa'd[82] 

8

Bint Jundub

ibn Damra

of Janda’a

Unknown.

 Nothing is known about this woman

except that Muhammad contracted

marriage with her but divorced her

 before consummation.

  Ibn Sa'd[83] 

9Jamra bint

Al-Harithc. 631

She proposed marriage to Muhammad,

and he accepted. Her father informedhim that she suffered from a serious

disease, whereupon Muhammad broke

off the engagement. According to the

Muslim chroniclers, her father arrived

home only to find that she really had

 been afflicted with leprosy.

  Al-Tabar i[84] 

10

Al-Shanba’

 bint Amr

January

632.

She was from a Bedouin tribe who

appeared friendly to Muhammad but

who had also been friends of the

Qurayza tribe. Al-Shanba’ insultedMuhammad on the first day by implying

that he was not a true prophet, and he

divorced her immediately.

  Al-Tabar i[85] 

11

Qutayla

(Habla) bint

Qays

May 632.

She was a cousin of Asma bint Al-

 Numan, and the Yemenites sent her to

Muhammad as a substitute bride. He

signed the marriage contract but he died

 before Qutayla arrived in Medina. As

soon as she heard that he was dead, she

apostated from Islam. Soon afterwards

she married an Arab chief who was aleader in the Apostasy Wars.

  Al-Tabar i[86] 

  Ibn Sa'd[87] 

12

Mary,

mother of

Jesus

The

Afterlife.

Muhammad said that Allah had wedded

him in Heaven to the Virgin Mary, who

was one of the four perfect women. The

Qur'an refers several times to Mary,

 praising her chastity and affirming the

virgin birth of Jesus. Muhammad said

she lived in a beautiful jewelled palace

in Paradise next to Khadijah's.

  Qur'an[88] 

  Bukhar i[89] 

  Muslim[90] 

  Majlisi[91] 

13 QueenAsiya of

TheAfterlife.

Muhammad said that Allah had weddedhim in Heaven to Queen Asiya, who

  Qur'an  Muslim[93] 

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Egypt was one of the four perfect women. The

Qur'an tells how Asiya rescued the

infant Moses from the evil Pharaoh, and

how Pharaoh later tortured his wife to

death for her monotheism. Muhammad

said that Asiya's palace in Heaven wason the other side of Khadijah's.

  Ibn Kathir [94] 

  Majlisi[95] 

14Kulthum

 bint Amram

The

Afterlife.

Muhammad originally believed that

Maryam the sister of Moses and

Maryam the mother of Jesus were one

and the same. When he realised his

mistake, he apparently over-corrected

 by deciding that Moses' sister was not

even named Maryam. He renamed her

Kulthum ("Chubby Cheeks") and said

that Allah had wedded her to him inHeaven. He did not say that she was a

 perfect woman or that she lived next to

Khadijah.

  Qur'an[96] 

  Muslim[97] 

  Majlisi[98] 

Refused Proposals

No. Name Date Details Notable early sources

1

Fakhita

(Umm Hani)

 bint Abi

Talib

 before

595;

January

630;

c. 631

Muhammad proposed to his cousin

Fakhita, but her father married heroff to a wealthy Makhzumite poet.

 Nearly forty years later, after

Muhammad conquered Mecca,

Fakhita's husband fled rather than

convert to Islam, causing an

automatic divorce. Muhammad

 proposed to Fakhita again, but she

refused, saying she could not be

equally fair to a new husband and her

young children.

Later still, Fakhita came to

Muhammad, saying her children had

grown up and she was finally ready

to marry him; but he said she was too

late.

  Ibn Ishaq[99] 

  Al-Tabar i[100] 

  Ibn Sa'd[101] 

2

“As Many

Wives as

You Want”

c.618-619.

The chiefs of Mecca offered

Muhammad "as many wives as you

want in marriage," together with

wealth, political power and theservices of a competent exorcist, if

  Al-Tabar i[102] 

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only he would stop insulting their

gods. Muhammad refused this offer,

which was made while Khadijah was

still alive.

3Habiba bint

Sahlc. 623.

Habiba was a prominent member of

the Najjar clan in Medina. When the

chief died with no obvious heir,

Muhammad proposed to Habiba. His

companions warned him that the

women of Medina were not used to

 polygamy and that the men were very

 jealous for the happiness of their

daughters; if this marriage turned out

 badly, key citizens might withdraw

their support from Islam. Muhammad

retracted his proposal, but the Najjarclan made him their chief anyway.

  Ibn Ishaq[103] 

  Ibn Sa'd[104] 

  Abu Dawud[105] 

  Muwatta[106] 

4  Al-Ansariya  After 625.

This unnamed woman proposed to

Muhammad in Hafsa's presence.

Hafsa decried the shame of a woman

who would throw herself at a man,

 but Muhammad retorted, "She is

 better than you because she wanted

me while you only find fault." He

refused the proposal, but promised

the woman a reward in Paradise for

asking.

In fact several ansar  women are said

to have proposed to Muhammad;

while this example is anonymous, it

clearly refers to a woman who is

distinct from Layla bint Khutaym.

  Majlisi[107] 

5Khawla bint

HakimAfter 627.

This is the same Khawla bint Hakim

who arranged Muhammad's

marriages to Aisha and Sawda. Her

first husband was Hafsa's uncle, andtheir elder son fought at Badr. After

 being widowed, Khawla asked

Muhammad to marry her, but he

refused without giving a reason.

However, he found her a new

husband the same day.

  Ibn Ishaq[108] 

  Bukhar i[109]   Ibn Sa'd[110] 

  Ibn Kathir [111] 

6Dubaa bint

AmirAfter 627.

Dubaa was a wealthy noblewoman to

whom Muhammad sent a marriage

 proposal when he heard about her

 beautiful long hair that filled a whole

room when she sat down. But by thetime she accepted him, he had been

  Al-Tabar i[112] 

  Ibn Sa'd[113] 

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advised that she was “elderly” (her

grown-up son had been born from

her third marriage) so he retracted his

 proposal before he had even met her.

7Izza bint Abi

Sufyan

After July

628.

She was the sister of Muhammad’s

wife Ramlah. Ramlah proposed Izza

as a bride, "since, as I cannot be your

only wife, I would like to share my

good fortune with my sister." But

Muhammad said he could not marry

two sisters concurrently.

  Muslim[114] 

8 Durrah bintAbi Salama

After July628.

She was the daughter of

Muhammad's wife Hind. Another

wife, Ramlah, noticed that

Muhammad admired Durrah and

asked if he intended to marry her. Hereplied that he could not marry his

stepdaughter; and besides, her father

had been his foster-brother. On the

day Muhammad died, Durrah was

only six years old.

  Muslim[115]

 

9Umama bint

Hamza

After

March

630.

She was Muhammad's cousin and

said to be the prettiest girl in the

family. Ali proposed her as a bride

while she was still a child, but

Muhammad said that he could not

marry her because her father had

 been his foster-brother. She later

married his stepson, Salama ibn Abi

Salama.

  Ibn Sa'd[116] 

10Safiyah bint

Bashshama

September

630.

She was a war-captive from

Mesopotamia. Muhammad asked her

to marry him, but when she said she

wanted to return to her husband, he

allowed her family to ransom her. It

is said that her family cursed her for

 placing her personal happiness abovethe political needs of the tribe.

  Al-Tabar i[117] 

  Ibn Sa'd[118] 

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References

1.  ↑ Sahih Bukhari 1:5:268. See also Sahih Bukhari 7:62:142. 

2.  ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 126-127. 

3.  ↑ Concubine  –  Merriam-Webster, accessed September 28, 2011

4.  ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 82-83, 106-107, 111, 113-114, 160-161, 191, 313-314.

5.  ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

6.  ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 127-128; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 3-4 

7.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:9-12, 39, 151-152.

8.  ↑ Sahih Bukhari 2:26:740. 9.  ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 148, 309, 530.

10. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

11. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 128-130; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 169-170. 

12. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:39-42, 152.

13. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 116, 223, 279-280, 311, 457, 464-465, 468, 493-499, 522, 535-

536, 544, 649-650, 667, 678-688.

14. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

15. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 128-131; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 171-174. 

16. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:43-56, 152.

17. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 218, 301, 679.

18. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

19. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 131-132; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 174-175. 

20. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:56-60, 152.

21. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

22. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 138; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 63-64. 

23. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:82, 152.

24. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 146, 147, 150-153, 167-169, 213-214, 462, 529, 536, 546, 589,

680.

25. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

26. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 132; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 175-177. 

27. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:61-67, 152.28. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 215, 495.

29. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

30. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 134; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 180-182. 

31. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:72-81, 152.

32. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 466.

33. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 137, 141; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 164-165. 

34. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:92-94, 153.

35. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 490-493.

36. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

37. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 133; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 182-184. 

38. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:83-85, 152.39. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 146, 527-528, 529, 543.

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40. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

41. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 133-134; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 177-180. 

42. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:68-71, 153.

43. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 241-242, 511, 514-515, 516-517, 520.

44. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

45. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 134-135; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 184-185. 46. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:85-92, 153.

47. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 531, 679-680.

48. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

49. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 135; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 185-186. 

50. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:94-99, 153.

51. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 653.

52. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 137, 141; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 193-195. 

53. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:148-151.

54. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, p. 165. 

55. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:106, 154.

56. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 138; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 186-188. Despite the confusionover the name, she is probably also the woman referred to in Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp.

136-137 and the “Fatima bint Shurayh” of  Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139 

57. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:100-101, 153.

58. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918 (here he has apparently confused her with Amra bint Yazid).

59. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 188-191. She is mentioned in Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 128-130 

 but has apparently been partly confused with Amra bint Yazid.

60. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:101-105, 153.

61. ↑ Ibn al-Qayyim, Za’d al - Ma’ad  1:114.

62. ↑ Ibn Ishaq, cited in Guillaume, A. (1960). New Light on the Life of Muhammad , p.

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63. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918 (here he has apparently confused her with Asma bint Al-

 Numan).

64. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 187-188. 

65. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:100-101.

66. ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:52. 

67. ↑ Ibn al-Qayyim, Zaad al- Ma’ad  1:114.

68. ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.

69. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139. 

70. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:111-114.

71. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, p. 166 

72. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:116.73. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 138. 

74. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:116-117.

75. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139. 

76. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:7, 108-109, 231.

77. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 311.

78. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140. 

79. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:36.

80. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 135-136; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, p. 166. 

81. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:106-107.

82. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:107.

83. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:106.84. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 140-141 

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85. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 136. 

86. ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 138-139. 

87. ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:105.

88. ↑ Qur'an 3:33-51; Qur'an 19:16-40; Qur'an 21:91; Qur'an 66:12. 

89. ↑ Sahih Bukhari 4:55:642. Sahih Bukhari 5:58:163. 

90. ↑ Sahih Muslim 31:5965. 91. ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:26. 

92. ↑ Qur'an 28:4-13; Qur'an 66:11. 

93. ↑ Sahih Muslim 31:5966. 

94. ↑ Ibn Kathir, Tafsir  on Qur'an 66:11. 

95. ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:26. 

96. ↑ Qur'an 19:27-28. 

97. ↑ Sahih Muslim 5:326. 

98. ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:26. 

99. ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 181, 184, 404-405, 551-552, 557, 689.

100.  ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 170-171 

101.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:109-110.102.  ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 6, pp. 106-107. 

103.  ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 235.

104.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:288-289.

105.  ↑ Abu Dawud 12:2219 ; Abu Dawud 12:2220 ; Abu Dawud 12:2221 .

106.  ↑ Al-Muwatta 20 10.31b. 

107.  ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:52. 

108.  ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 590

109.  ↑ Sahih Bukhari 7:62:24; Sahih Bukhari 7:62:58; Sahih Bukhari 7:62:63; 

Sahih Bukhari 7:62:66. 

110.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:114.

111.  ↑ Ibn Kathir, Tafsir  on Qur'an 33:50. 

112.  ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140 

113.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:111.

114.  ↑ Sahih Muslim 8:3412; Sahih Muslim 8:3413. 

115.  ↑ Sahih Muslim 8:3412; Sahih Muslim 8:3413. 

116.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:115-116.

117.  ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140 

118.  ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:109-111.