Wives

• Khadija had been married to Abu Hala and later to Ateeq bin Aidh Makhzumi
• Hazrat Khadija died

  10th year of Prophethood
• Khadija sent a proposal of marriage to the Holy Prophet, which was accepted after consultation with the elders of the family
• After Khadija's death, the Holy Prophet had to look after the children and attend to household chores, causing hindrance in his Prophetic mission
• Khadija had two sons from her first marriage, Hala and Hind, and a daughter named Hindah from her second marriage
• At the time of their marriage, the Holy Prophet was twenty-five years old, while Khadija was forty years old
• The companions of the Holy Prophet desired that he should re-marry after Khadija's death
• Khadija was the first convert to Islam and the first to abandon the idolatrous creed of her forefathers
• Hazrat Khadija, also known as Tahira, was the daughter of Khuwalid bin Asad and Fatima bint Za'idah
• The marriage between the Holy Prophet and Khadija was very happy, and the Holy Prophet did not marry again as long as Khadija lived
• Khadija came from a noble and prosperous Quraish family
• The Holy Prophet decided to marry Sawdah bint Zama'ah to help and protect her, as she was an early convert to Islam and needed assistance
• Khadija suffered with the Holy Prophet the persecution and hardships inflicted by the Quraish from the time of his prophethood till her death
• After the death of her father in the battle of Fijar, Khadija needed an honest person to manage her trade
• Khadija recommended the Holy Prophet for managing her trade, which proved to be successful
• Khadija's father was a successful businessman and chief of his family, leaving her a large fortune
• Khadija bore the Holy Prophet two sons and four daughters, with only the youngest daughter, Fatima, surviving to see the great events of her father's life
• Hazrat Sawdah was extremely devoted to the Prophet
• Khadija's death was a terrible loss to the Holy Prophet, as she had stood faithfully by him, providing moral support and financial assistance
• The Prophetpbuh loved Hazrat Sawdah for her piety, simplicity, and charitable nature
• Hazrat Aisha, daughter of Hazrat Abu Bakr, married the Holy Prophetpbuh at the age of ten and spent the remaining forty-eight years of her life as a widow preaching the message of the Holy Quran and Hadis
• The Prophetpbuh married the woman to help and honour an early convert to Islam
• Hazrat Sawdah gave up her turn in the Prophetpbuh's rotation of wives in favour of Hazrat Aisha
• Hazrat Aisha died at the age of seventy-three and was buried in Jannat-ul-Baqi in Madinah
• Hazrat Sawdah followed the Prophetpbuh's directive to remain in retirement after his death, never leaving her house even for Hajj and Umrah
• Hazrat Sawdah was known for her sense of duty, obedience, and punctuality in prayers
• Hazrat Umar respected Hazrat Aisha greatly and fixed her annual allowance at twelve thousand dirhams
• The woman, Hazrat Sawdah, was devoted to the Prophetpbuh, led a simple and pious life, and later attended to the needs of Hazrat Aisha
• A woman, the only Muslim in her family, needed help and protection after her husband's death
• Hazrat Sawdah migrated to Madinah in the first year of the Hijrat and her dwelling was one of the first to be built in the mosque
• Hazrat Sawdah died in the 22 AH and was buried in Jannat-al-Baqi
• Hazrat Hafsa died during the Khilafat of Muawiya

  45 A.H.
• Hazrat Aisha had memorized and narrated 2210 ahadith
• Nabia Abbot: 'About Hazrat Aisha's intelligence and good judgement, she stands shoulder to shoulder with eminent jurists of her time like Abu Huraira, Ibn-e-Umar, and Ibn-e-Abbas'
• Hazrat Hafsa


  Daughter of the second Khalifa, Hazrat Umar bin Khattab
• According to her will, Hazrat Aisha was buried in Jannat-ul-Baqi in Madinah
• Hazrat Aisha died at the age of seventy-three

  17th Ramazan 58 A.H.
• Hazrat Hafsa narrated at least sixty traditions she heard from the Holy Prophet PBUH and her father, Hazrat Umar
• Hazrat Hafsa

  • Knowledge of religious matters was very sound, spending much time in reading and being a teacher, guide, and authority on complicated matters
• Hazrat Aisha

  Used to convey decisions on religious matters even during the days of the first three Khalifas