Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Marriage in Islam, Muhammad's Wives, Nikah Mut'ah, Marriage and Wedding Customs in the Philippines, Islamic Marital Practices, Islamic Marital Jurisprudence, Marriage in Pakistan, Nikah Misyar, Talaq, Punjabi Wedding Traditions, Nikah 'urfi, Rights and Obligations of Spouses in Islam, Iddah, Islam Regarding Intentions to Marry, Polygyny in Islam, Mahram, Nikah Halala, Scholars Allowing Nikah Mut'ah, Shaadi, Sehra, Walima, 'azl. Excerpt: Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Sawda bint Zama Aisha bint Abi Bakr Hafsa bint Umar Zaynab bint Khuzayma Hind bint Abi Umayya Zaynab bint Jahsh Juwayriya bint al-Harith Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan Rayhana bint Zayd Safiyya bint Huyayy Maymuna bint al-Harith Maria al-Qibtiyya Muhammad's wives were the eleven women married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslims refer to them as Mothers of the Believers (Arabic: Ummu l-Mu'minn). Muslims use the term prominently before or after referring to them as a sign of respect. The term is derived from the Qur'anic verse Muhammad's life is traditionally delineated as two epochs: pre-hijra (emigration) in Mecca, a city in northern Arabia, from the year 570 to 622, and post-hijra in Medina, from 622 until his death in 632. All but two of his marriages were contracted after the Hijra (migration to Medina). The verse's interpretation mandated that Muslims were forbidden to marry Muhammad's widows and should regard them as they would their own mothers. During his life Muhammad married eleven or thirteen women depending upon the differing accounts of who were his wives. In Arabian culture, marriage was generally contracted in accordance with the larger needs of the tribe and was based on the need to form alliances within the tribe and with other tribes. Virginity at the time of marriage wa... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1164255
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