Originally posted by scherzo
Note how I said "completely unacceptable for the time period." Yes, Mohammed was notoriously antifeminist, but most pagan men in the Arabian Peninsula in the 6th and 7th centuries were. And Mohammed did have more than one wife, but as far as I can tell, he didn't have 28, and all were over age 10
Here are all his wives.
1. Khadija/Khadijah bint Khuwailid/Khywaylid - died first
2. Sauda/Sawda bint Zam’a
3. 'Aisha/Aesha/’A’ishah - 8 to 9 yrs old, 2nd wife [NOTE 'Muslimhope' says Aisha may have been 8]
4. Omm/’Umm Salama/Salamah
5. Hafsa/Hafsah
6. Zaynab/Zainab of Jahsh
7. Juwairiya/Jowayriya bint Harith
8. Safiya/Safiyya bint Huyai/Huyayy bint Akhtab
9. Maymuna/Maimuna of Hareth
10. Fatima/Fatema/Fatimah
11. Hend/Hind
12. Asma of Saba (Sana bint Asma'😉
13. Zaynab of Khozayma
14. Habla?
15. Divorced Asma of Noman / bint al-Nu’man
Slaves/concubine wives
16. Mary the Copt/Christian
17. Rayhana/Raihana/Rayhanah bint Zayd/Zaid
Uncertain relationship -
18. Divorced Omm Sharik
19. Maymuna/Maimuna (slave girl?)
20. Zaynab/Zainab the third?
21. Khawla / Khawlah
22. Divorced Mulaykah bint Dawud
23. Divorced al-Shanba’ bint ‘Amr
24. Divorced al-‘Aliyyah
25. Divorced ‘Amrah bint Yazid
26. Divorced an Unnamed Woman
27. Qutaylah bint Qays (died right away)
28. Sana bint Sufyan
29. Sharaf bint Khalifah