IntroductionMost Westerners regard polygamy as intrinsically evil and its practice as immoral, forgetting that such institutions are a result of the circumstances and necessities of time. Every age and society has its own standards. What is suited for one time ... [full story]
3. Preservation of SunnahThe ‘Mothers of the Faithful’ played an important role in conveying the Sunnah of the Prophet – the second source of Islamic Law along with the Quran. Nothing of the Prophet’s life was hidden from them, and ... [full story]
The wives of Prophet Muhammad, may God praise him, hold a special place in Islamic piety. The Quran calls them “Mothers of the Faithful” (Quran 33:6). They were his wives in this life and shall be in the life to ... [full story]
Umm HabeebahUmm Habeebah was the Muslim daughter of Islam’s archenemy, Abu Sufyan. Umm Habeebah was one of the early coverts to Islam in Mecca. She had migrated with her husband to Abyssinia who converted to Christianity over there. On his ... [full story]
The prophet Muhammad was a religious and political figure whose mission was to unite the various tribes of the Arabian peninsula specifically, and the whole world generally, under one religion. As an example for the world to follow, the life ... [full story]
The Fourth StageUpon the conquest of Mecca in 8 A.H., warfare came to an end for the most part. After this time, the Prophet did not remarry. This shows that he added wives to his family only in the time ... [full story]
“I began to look at him and at the moon, he was wearing a red mantle, and he appeared to be more beautiful than the moon to me.” (Al-Tirmidhi)This is how Jabir ibn Samura described the Last of the Prophets, ... [full story]
