It looks as if this man had already been a suitor before it became politically necessary for Mulaykah to marry Muhammad. Hafsah died in Shabaan AH 45 during the caliphate of Muawiya. [30], Rumors were circulating that Elijah was conducting extramarital affairs with young Nation secretarieswhich would constitute a serious violation of Nation teachings. If Juwayriyah was 20 years old in 6 AH, she must have been born in 15 BH (between 29 December 607 and 17 December 608). After the Prophet's death, Maymunah continued to live in Medina for another forty years, dying at the age of 80, in 51 AH [21 January 671 - 10 January 672], being the last but one of the Prophet's wives to die. They all seem to have been teenagers significantly younger than the mean. For a start, Ibn Ishaq disagrees. "We got in the car, and I said I needed to stop for something to eat . A wedding date of 29 Safar that year would have fallen on 16 July 595. This kind of accolade would be absurd for a woman who was older than 20. Her tribe lived near Mecca; they had resisted him at Mecca on 14 January; and Muhammad left Mecca on 28 January to fight the Hawazinites and Thaqifites. He also revealed an assassination attempt made on his life, through a discovered explosive device in his car, as well as the death threats he was receiving, in response to his exposure of Elijah Muhammad. Tabari and S'ad both report similar ages for her though: According to the above sources Zaynab was therefore married on or soon after 18 February 625. 12 were accused of the crime. The only aim of this marriage was to help someone who was left alone. Hakims remarks about Khadijahs age might have served a similar function of supporting his personal boasts rather than relaying accurate history. However, it is more likely that, when asked for a date, she accidentally named the wrong expedition than that, recalling what could be considered 'the crisis of her life', she could not remember whether she had been veiled or who had been spreading gossip about her; either that, or the traditions related here may have been fabricated by someone other than she. The second problem with Khadijahs age is that there is a strong alternative tradition, one that the scholars of hadith claim originates from no less a person than Abdullah ibn Abbas. I asked, How old was she when she died? He said, . Bowman, Jeffrey. Average age at menarche in various cultures., Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children, Thomson, H. A. Sultan Muhammad, 39, a grandson of Elijah Mohammed who had been resident imam of the Muslim American Community's Masjid Muhammad in Washington since coming here in 1982, died of a . Similarly, he was a religious mentor to the likes of Muhammad Ali, Louis Farrakhan and Malcolm X.. However, there are problems with Hakims assertion. "[36][37], Elijah's pro-separation views were compatible with those of some white supremacist organizations in the 1960s. Wife of Elijah Muhammad, Mother of Imam W. Deen Mohammed. He purchased land and businesses to provide housing and employment for young black males. If the aim had been seeking sexual pleasures, he would have done so in his youth and would have married young maidens, not aged widows. The first problem is that according to Bukhari and Muslim Hakim claimed his own age to be 120. [31] Over a series of national TV interviews between 1964 and 1965, MalcolmX provided testimony of his investigation, corroboration, and confirmation by Elijah Muhammed himself of multiple counts of child rape. She was married in Shabaan 6 AH, a median date of 2 January 628. Elijah served as the inspiration and mentor to several personalities, such as Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, and Muhammad Ali, who led the movement further. Ibn Kathir, writing 700 years after the event, was either trying to harmonize the conflict without considering all the facts or merely restating the words of someone else who likewise failed to consider the facts. Suscribe to our new youtube channel!! [47] The surah is also full of invectives against the Jews[48] and hypocrites,[49] who were supposedly no longer a problem after April 627 according to the tradition (although in point of fact, according to the non-Islamic sources Jews were working with the Arab invaders well into the conquest period, and Muhammad may not have died until after he had personally conquered Jerusalem). [81] He was also said to be the eldest son of a very wealthy man,[82] so if he wanted a second wife, there was nothing to stop him taking one. Probably Umar ibn Uthman was giving a round number when he said she was married at 35; to be conservative, for the sake of calculation an earlier fate can be assumed. Zaynab married five times. CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Thousands of men, women and children representing diverse races, cultures, religions and ideologies gathered at Mosque Maryam to pay tribute, to honor, share reflections and express gratitude for the life and impacting legacy of Mother Tynnetta Muhammad, wife of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad at her Janaaza (Islamic funeral service) held Feb. 24. Upon his death, his son Warith Deen Mohammed succeeded him. He was unique in his embrace of both black nationalism and pan-Africanism, with traditional Islamic themes. (1993). Perhaps that was because Khadijahs fertility was a commonplace for a woman of her age. It can thus be surmised from the sources that Hafsah was between 17 and 19 years old, an adult but very young woman. 4 / 4. While this could tell us more about Asmas education than her age (she was, after all, a princess), it is clear that she was no child-bride. However, the date when the Quraysh were rebuilding the House is precise, and so is the mention of Shabaan as the month of death. Khaalis attracted Lew Alcindor, whom Khaalis renamed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The fourth year of prophethood was indeed the ninth year before the Hijra (25 October 613 - 13 October 614). Many in the audience booed and heckled him and his men, for which Elijah rebuked them in the April 1962 issue of Muhammad Speaks. Traditionally, black males would not go to church because the church did not address their needs. Safiyah was yet another bride who was young enough to be Muhammads granddaughter, most likely still being in her teens while Muhammad was in his 50's. The problem is, he openly admits that he did not convert until the conquest of Mecca in 8 AH (January 630). Uthman ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi said, The Messenger of Allah married Zaynab bint Jahsh at the beginning of the month of Dhul-Qada in 5 AH. [21] In 1977, Louis Farrakhan resigned from Warith Deen's reformed organization and reinstituted the original Nation of Islam upon the foundation established by Wallace Fard Muhammad and Elijah Muhammad. If they expected Mohammed to believe that she is too young to think for herself, they were suggesting that she was barely an adult someone whose body had so recently reached puberty that her mind had not yet caught up. It is not impossible for a human to live 120 years but it is an exception to the general rule and in this case is almost certainly an embellishment of the tradition. [13] This is intrinsically questionable. Yes, I'm in great pain. That is why his statement that she married Muhammad when she was 40 is usually accepted as true. She was 65 then.. The international standard for the representation of dates and times, ISO 8601, uses the Gregorian calendar. Mariyahs age is not stated anywhere. He assumed leadership of the Nation's Temple No. Is it really plausible that so many persons (all of them male) lived to be 120? Age Difference = around 45 years and 5 months. He was survived by many children, including his two daughters and six sons by his wife, most notably future leader Warith Deen Muhammad. He also had four known concubines and at least one other full wife. To be conservative, we will say that she was 20. These two concubines were presumably selected for their looks and were presumably young. But if she was only about 40 on her wedding day, she must have survived to her mid-90s, which is impressive but plausible (but once again emblamatic of the problem of the Islamic tradition attributing extremely and even absurdly long lives to the companions and taabi'uun). Sir William Muirs unsourced comment that Maymunah is said to have been at this time 51 years of age[69] is thus shown to be extremely doubtful. His wisdom is infinite; capable of accomplishing anything that his brain can conceive. At the age of 25, Muhammad married his first wife, the widow Khadija bint Khuwaylid. According to Anas ibn Malik, the Prophet Muhammad used to visit all eleven of his wives in one night; but he could manage this, as he had the sexual prowess of thirty men. According to the traditional Islamic sources, he divorced one woman before consummating the marriage[1] and broke off another courtship[2] solely because he decided that these women were too old for him, and he continued to pursue teenagers until the day he died. Wallace Muhammad later changed his name as part of his own transition to Sunni Islam (or "orthodox Islam") and is now known as Imam Warith Deen Mohammed. It explains why Muhammad remained attracted to Khadijah for so long when, in later life, he was to reject older women. Muhammad was around 20 years older than he when they married. Young people are usually accurate about their ages (When my husband was killed, I was definitely 20, not 19 or 21) whereas the elderly are more likely to use round numbers (I think this will be my final illness, for Im already in my mid-60s). This is mathematically inconsistent. Khaliah Ali (daughter with Aaisha Fletcher) Date of birth: 1974 Help us build our profile of Elijah Muhammad! "[28] The New York Times wrote, "in further criticism of Mr. Kennedy, the Muslim leader cited the murders of Patrice Lumumba, Congo leader, of Medgar Evers, civil rights leader, and of the Negro girls bombed earlier this year in a Birmingham, Alabama, church. [27], On December1, 1963, when asked for a comment about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, MalcolmX said that it was a case of "chickens coming home to roost". But presumption is not fact. If this citation is correct, it is in broad agreement with the other sources. The widows whom Prophet Muhammad married after Khadijahs death do indeed fall into two distinct age-groups. Supreme Captain of the Fruit of Islam. Huwaytib died in the year 54 AH (673-674)[16] so he should have converted to Islam in the year 7 BH (615616). This fell between 11 April and 9 May (median = 25 April 623). [citation needed], Elijah Muhammad took control of Temple No. Early Life. In 1935, as these battles became increasingly fierce, Elijah left Detroit and settled his family in Chicago. This doesn't seem to be correct, as not one, but four or five of Muhammads widows were still alive in 51 AH (Hind, Aisha, Sawdah, Safiyah and perhaps Juwayriyah) according to other sources. Perhaps, when her daughter Fatima was weaned in 607,[37] Khadijah was still a few months short of forty and that was why her childbearing ceased. After the disappearance, Elijah Muhammad told followers that Allah had come as Wallace Fard, in the flesh, to share his teachings that are a salvation for his followers. Muhammad confirmed the rumors in 1963, attempting to justify his behavior by referring to precedents set by Biblical prophets. CHICAGO -- The 22 children of Elijah Muhammad, the late founder of the Nation of Islam, are entitled to $5.7 million improperly turned over to the current leader of the religion, a judge has. She said, On our return from the expedition of al-Muraysi or shortly after it.. The other women with whom he is known to have had a sexual relationship are the five listed below, four of whom were technically concubines (sex slaves) rather than legal wives. Other sources indicate that she could not have been the last survivor of Muhammads widows, for Aisha outlived her, and Hind, of course, outlived Aisha. At the age of 26, he moved with his wife and two children to Detroit. Aishas Median Age at Consummation = 9 years and 3 months. Farrakhan refers to them as wives in a nominal sense, but legally and publically Clara was Elijah Muhammad's only wife. December 16, 2013. Her marriage was consummated in the tenth month of the first year AH. [38] It explains why, after twenty years of marriage, he began thinking about younger women,[39] for Khadijah would have been at that time menopausal and first losing her looks. 1 book 1 #60 p. 127, that Ramlah (Umm Habiba) was 23 years younger than Muhammad. The exact date of his birth remains unknown because record keeping in rural Georgia for the descendants of slaves was not kept current, according to historians and family members. The real points are that (1) Aisha was a prepubescent child, and (2) Muhammad was old enough to be her grandfather. This was after Khadijahs death and before his marriage to Aisha. [12] Since children generally know the ages of their playmates, it is assumed that Hakim would have known the age of an aunt who was only two years older than himself. To call such a woman middle-aged, even in Arabia at the time, seems uncalled for. The Prophet married Zaynab bint Jahsh on the first of Dhul-Qada 5. Since Ibn Kathir is a source far removed in time from the life of the prophet, for calculation it will be assumed that thirty-odd means 36 and that Ramlah was born in 30 BH. A further complication is that nobody is certain that the pre-Hijri year was exactly the same as the Muslim year that was standardised after the Hijra. LEAVE A COMMENT! Jabbar donated a house for use as the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center. [3] Nor does he seem to have been embarrassed by his own preference. Elijah's education ended at the fourth grade, after which he went to work in sawmills and brickyards. Muhammads Age at Marriage = 60 years and 5 months. [38] He met with leaders of the Ku Klux Klan in 1961 to work toward the purchase of farmland in the Deep South. Elijah Muhammad was born Elijah Robert Poole in Sandersville, Georgia, the seventh of thirteen children of William Poole Sr. (1868-1942), a Baptist lay preacher and sharecropper, and Mariah Hall (1873-1958), a homemaker and sharecropper.. Elijah's education ended at the fourth grade, after which he went to work in sawmills and brickyards. Allowing that she was not yet menopausal and that she had a father living, she was probably closer to 40. It is very plausible that Hind was 28 when she married Muhammad, for her fourth child was then a newborn[61] while her eldest daughter was about ten years of age.[62]. Clara Muhammad m. 19171972 Tynnetta Muhammad m. ?1975 Elijah Muhammad / Wife Clara Muhammad, wife of Elijah Muhammad, the Black Muslim leader, died yesterday after a long illness. The year in which she was 20 would have been 5 AH. He married Zaynab in late 5 AH, so Ibn Ishaqs date of 6 AH for the raid seems to be the correct one. [92] There is not any concrete data for calculation of her age though. This is not a serious contradiction. Aisha was the youngest bride whom Muhammad married. Maymunah died in the year 61 AH during the caliphate of Yazid ibn Muawiya. Elijah also fathered at least nine children from extra-marital relationships. Assuming it is not, is it even fair to accuse them of lying about their ages? The exact age or age difference down to the day or even to the year do not matter. She was a wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, Believer, soldier, servant, Muslim. This article or section is being renovated. 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