RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Marriage, Wet Nurse, Shampoo

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2Q03
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

Prophet mohammed"s first wife was sawda older than the prophet, about three years. Not sure if aisha was 9 or between 19-24 and might have been married before that. Most of these women were from mecca even though the prophet was from medina tribal alliances. He was allowed to have more than 4 because of the political circumstances of the time. The twelver shias accepted it when the sunnis banned it hadith that actually state if you have a wife there is no reason you should go have a temporary marriage. If you keep doing it, you keep making women hate the religion and hate the prophet and his household. If you don"t need to do it and its unnecessary refrain from it. It was allowed but discouraged and frowned upon by many, especially women. For twelver shias it"s the japanese? school of law. Speaking about permanent marriage from this point forward.