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|Married, though with limited rights. | |Married, though with limited rights. | ||
|May 620. | |May 620. | ||
|She was a tanner who had been an early convert to Islam. Muhammad married her at a time when he was unpopular and bankrupt. He considered divorcing her when, as the oldest and plainest of his wives, she no longer attracted him, but she persuaded him to keep her in the house in exchange for never sleeping with her again (she gave up her turn to Aisha). | |She was a tanner who had been an early convert to Islam. Muhammad married her at a time when he was unpopular and bankrupt. He considered divorcing her when, as the oldest and plainest of his wives (described as "fat and very slow"), she no longer attracted him, but she persuaded him to keep her in the house in exchange for never sleeping with her again (she gave up her turn to Aisha). | ||
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*Bukhari<ref>{{Bukhari|2|26|740}}.</ref> | *Bukhari<ref>{{Bukhari|2|26|740}}.</ref> |
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