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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