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 Apologists will attempt to justify his behaviour by claiming he married many of his wives due to them being war widows who were left with nothing and needed to be taken care of. While this may sound plausible, you need only look to actual Islamic sources to discover that this is false.
-Many of his wives were not poor war widows. In fact, one of his wives (Muhammad's cousin, Zainab bint Jash) was originally the wife of his step-son Zaid bin Haritha. As was the case with [[Safiyah|Safiyah bint Huyayy]], many of his marriages were clearly based on lust, not compassion. This is nowhere more evident than in his numerous divorces, which numbered six in total.<ref>[[Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Wives_and_Concubines_of_Muhammad#Asma.E2.80.99_bint_Noman_.28Divorced.29|Click here]] for details on Muhammad's divorces</ref> For example; he divorced ‘Amrah bint Yazid on their wedding night,<ref> al-Tabari vol.39 p.188</ref> due to her suffering from leprosy.<ref> Women in Islam, By Anne Sofie Roald - Page 221 [Quoted: Najla Hamadeh, Page 335-6]</ref> He also divorced a women named Ghaziyyah bint Jabir when he realised that she was 'old'.<ref>al-Tabari vol.9 p.139</ref> To make matters worse, he, rather hypocritically, refused to allow Ali bin Abu Talib (the husband of his daughter Fatima) to take even a second wife because "what hurts her, hurts me."<ref>{{Bukhari|7|62|157}}</ref> He knew that polygamy hurt women, yet through his example he permitted it for billions of other Muslim men.
+Many of his wives were not poor war widows. In fact, one of his wives (Muhammad's cousin, Zainab bint Jash) was originally the wife of his step-son Zaid bin Haritha. As was the case with [[Safiyah|Safiyah bint Huyayy]], many of his marriages were clearly based on lust, not compassion. This is nowhere more evident than in his numerous divorces, which numbered six in total. For example; he divorced ‘Amrah bint Yazid on their wedding night,<ref> al-Tabari vol.39 p.188</ref> due to her suffering from leprosy.<ref> Women in Islam, By Anne Sofie Roald - Page 221 [Quoted: Najla Hamadeh, Page 335-6]</ref> He also divorced a women named Ghaziyyah bint Jabir when he realised that she was 'old'.<ref>al-Tabari vol.9 p.139</ref> To make matters worse, he, rather hypocritically, refused to allow Ali bin Abu Talib (the husband of his daughter Fatima) to take even a second wife because "what hurts her, hurts me."<ref>{{Bukhari|7|62|157}}</ref> He knew that polygamy hurt women, yet through his example he permitted it for billions of other Muslim men.
 ==Polygamy Permitted in Islam==