At What Age Did the Prophet - salaLlaahu alahyi wa sallam - Marry Khadeejah - radiyaLlaahu an'ha?

Popular but Unreliable Stories Series I

BY Aboo Naasir - Hafidhahu-Llaah


The reports about the age of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) and Khadeejah (radiya Allahu anha) at marriage have been reported by:

1. Ibn Sa’d in Tabaqaat al-Kubraa (8/15-17) with four (4) different chains, all from Muhammad bin Umar bin Waaqid al-Waaqidee who reported from his Shaykhs in the different routes. In one of the reports, it said Khadeejah was 28yrs old then. In another it said she was 25; and in yet another, she was said to be 40 while he was 25. The other report only said she was about 10 years older than him at the time. Despite the obvious irregularities in the reports, regarding Muhammad bin Umar al-Waaqidee who transmitted all, Imam Ahmad said, “He is a liar”! Al-Bukhaaree said: “His narrations are abandoned; Ahmad, Ibn Numayr, Ibn Mubaarak and Ismaa’eel bin Zakariyya all abandon him.” Imam Yahya bin Ma’een said, “He is not reliable.” Imam Aboo Hatim ar-Raazee said, “his narrations should not be accepted.” Imam Ibn al-Madeenee said, “He fabricates narrations.” See Tahdheeb al-Kamaal (26/180-194), al-Kaashif by Hafidh adh-Dhahabee (2/281) and Taqreeb at-Tahdheeb by Hafidh Ibn Hajar (no. 6175).

2. Al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak (3/200) with his chain of reporters ending with Muhammad bin Ishaaq, giving his own narration that: “When he married her she was 28.” Although the chain is Hasan (sound) up to Ibn Ishaaq, it is well-known that he was not a witness to the event and was even not companion. The source of his narration is not clearly known.

3. Ibn Hisham as cited in al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (1/631) gave her age as 25 citing “some people of knowledge on the authority of Aboo ‘Amr al-Madanee.”

4. Ya’qoob Ibn Sufyaan al-Fasawee as cited in al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (1/631) who reported with a chain that ended with “many told me that”: “...he was 25 yrs old.”

Commenting on these reports, Dr. Akram Diyaa al-‘Umaree said: “Even though these pieces of information are not authentic based on the science of narrations, they are popular among the historians”! He also said, “No authentic reports can be found shedding light on these events.” As-Seerat an-Nabawiyyah as-Saheehah (1/113-114).

Also, Muhammad bin Abdillah al-‘Ushan has included these reports in his book: Maa shaa’a walam yathbut fee as-Seerat an-Nabawiyyah (Popular But Unreliable Reports Cited in the Prophet’s Biography) pg. 18.

Allahu A'alam.


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Alhamdillahi Robi ale'mi... May we witness many more of this Juma'at Insha Allah, Amin..

Juma'at Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers and sisters across the Globe.

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He (PBUH) - 25 to She - 40?

That's what i was taught, surprised to see there are contrary opinions..

You learn everyday!

9 years

so when did he marry her?

You asked a simple question and went on to quote fabricated Hadith, those you confirmed to be fake to buttress your point.
What exactly are you trying to achieve when correct narration is available to even a Primary Islamic School student, even Google gives a more better account than you.
May Allah guide and protect us from mischievous individual

They were to create another confusion.When it was an obvious matter that Khaedijat employed Muhammed as a field officer,he was the one in charge of trading (merchant)Jerusalem and Mecca.lt was in course of his merchantised for madam Khadijat he met with gospellers who preached Jesus to him,he took his time to learned more about Jewish religion.25/40...That was the correct age..you can't changed history.Paper and ink has been invented before he was born..BIBLE was on scroll,stone tablet and others achaic materials.The quaran were written on papers with duck feathers..

abdulizom:
You asked a simple question and went on to quote fabricated Hadith, those you confirmed to be fake to buttress your point.
What exactly are you trying to achieve when correct narration is available to even a Primary Islamic School student, even Google gives a more better account than you.
May Allah guide and protect us from mischievous individual

Thank you!!! , I was like what's this op trying to achieve, He might end up confusing thousands of people. I was privy to this information when I was in pri 1, it was 25/40 & this op is just mixing things up

Jiang:


Thank you!!! , I was like what's this op trying to achieve, He might end up confusing thousands of people. I was privy to this information when I was in pri 1, it was 25/40 & this op is just mixing things up

Jabioro:
They were to create another confusion.When it was an obvious matter that Khaedijat employed Muhammed as a field officer,he was the one in charge of trading (merchant)Jerusalem and Mecca.lt was in course of his merchantised for madam Khadijat he met with gospellers who preached Jesus to him,he took his time to learned more about Jewish religion.25/40...That was the correct age..you can't changed history.Paper and ink has been invented before he was born..BIBLE was on scroll,stone tablet and others achaic materials.The quaran were written on papers with duck feathers..

abdulizom:
You asked a simple question and went on to quote fabricated Hadith, those you confirmed to be fake to buttress your point.
What exactly are you trying to achieve when correct narration is available to even a Primary Islamic School student, even Google gives a more better account than you.
May Allah guide and protect us from mischievous individual

The post is to make known to us all that what we had believed were derived from unreliable reports. The reports were quoted and explained. You may read again. May Allah grant us understanding!

Rashduct4luv:




The post is to make known to us all that what we had believed were derived from unreliable reports. The reports were quoted and explained. You may read again. May Allah grant us understanding!

...and l have cleared all douted report with a single line...25/40 not 25/28 or any other deriviative side talk..

Jabioro:
...and l have cleared all douted report with a single line...25/40 not 25/28 or any other deriviative side talk..

Ok bro.

Islam is a beautiful deen that requires authentic evidences for whatever we say as matters of the religion.

Bring the authentic narration that supports your assertion!

Rashduct4luv:



Ok bro.

Islam is a beautiful deen that requires authentic evidences for whatever we say as matters of the religion.

Bring the authentic narration that supports your assertion!

Exacty!