Appendix 30, Polygamy
In his last 13 years, Muhammad married aged widows of his friends so their many children could have a complete home with a fatherly figure.“During the remaining 13 years of his life, he married the aged widows of his friends who left many children. The children needed a complete home, with a fatherly figure, and the Prophet provided that.”
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Providing a fatherly figure for orphans is the only specific circumstance in support of polygamy that the Quran mentions, in 4:3.“Providing a fatherly figure for orphans is the only specific circumstance in support of polygamy mentioned in the Quran (4:3).”
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