How many wives did Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم have?

Eleven women married the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; the Quran honors them as the Mothers of the Believers. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid; Sawdah bint Zam'ah; Aisha bint Abi Bakr; Hafsah bint Umar; Zaynab bint Khuzaymah; Umm Salamah (Hind bint Abi Umayyah); Zaynab bint Jahsh; Juwayriyah bint al-Harith; Umm Habibah (Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan); Safiyyah bint Huyayy; Maymunah bint al-Harith. Order shown is marriage order. Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah is counted by most scholars as umm walad (mother of his son Ibrahim), not a wife; some list her as a twelfth. Scholars differ, so we name the difference.

How many wives did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ have?

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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Sawdah bint Zam'ah
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Hafsah bint Umar
Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
Umm Salamah (Hind bint Abi Umayyah)
Zaynab bint Jahsh
Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
Umm Habibah (Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan)
Safiyyah bint Huyayy
Maymunah bint al-Harith

Worth knowing. Order shown is marriage order. Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah is counted by most scholars as umm walad (mother of his son Ibrahim), not a wife; some list her as a twelfth. Scholars differ, so we name the difference.

Quran 33:6; Ibn Hisham, As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah; Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah

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