who was the first wife of prophet muhammad?
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
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 According to traditional sources Aisha was six or seven years old when betrothed to Muhammad , with the marriage not being consummated until she had reached puberty at the age of nine or ten years old . She was therefore a virgin at marriage . Muslim authors who calculate Aisha 's age based on other sources of information , such that available about her sister Asma about whom more is known , estimate that she was over thirteen and perhaps in her late teens at the time of her marriage . 

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 As part of his share of the spoils , Muhammad selected one of the women , Rayhana , for himself and took her as part of his booty . Muhammad offered to free and marry her and according to some sources she accepted his proposal , while according to others she rejected it and remained Muhammad 's slave . She is said to have later become a Muslim . 

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 Nine of Muhammad 's wives survived him . Aisha , who became known as Muhammad 's favourite wife in Sunni tradition , survived him by decades and was instrumental in helping assemble the scattered sayings of Muhammad that form the Hadith literature for the Sunni branch of Islam . 

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 Keturah is referred to in Genesis as " another wife " of Abraham ( Hebrew : אִשָּׁה Translit . : ' išāh Translated : woman , wife ) . In First Chronicles , she is called Abraham 's " concubine " ( Hebrew : פִּילֶגֶשׁ Translit . : pilegeš Translated : concubine ) . Eric Lyon theorizes that " it is possible that Keturah was Abraham ’ s ' concubine ' in the beginning , and then became his ' wife ' at a later time . " 

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 In the siege of Medina , the Meccans exerted the available strength to destroy the Muslim community . The failure resulted in a significant loss of prestige ; their trade with Syria vanished . Following the Battle of the Trench , Muhammad made two expeditions to the north , both ended without any fighting . While returning from one of these journeys ( or some years earlier according to other early accounts ) , an accusation of adultery was made against Aisha , Muhammad 's wife . Aisha was exonerated from accusations when Muhammad announced he had received a revelation confirming Aisha 's innocence and directing that charges of adultery be supported by four eyewitnesses ( sura 24 , An @-@ Nur ) . 
