7.5. THE WISDOM BEHIND THE PROPHET’S MARRIAGE TO JUWAYRIYAH
The aim of the Messenger of Allah to marry Juwayriyah was mainly to propagate and extend the word of Monotheism to every corner. Even though Juwayriyah was beautiful, and some of the Prophet’s other wives were even more beautiful, the criteria for marriage, according to the Islamic legal system, must not be based on one’s physical beauty only.
We all know that Juwayriyah was the daughter of the leader of her tribe and she was part of Thabit ibn Qays’ booty. She bargained for her freedom, but because of her nobility and that of her father, Thabit asked her to pay an exorbitant sum of money as a ransom. She asked the Prophet to help her, and he did by paying her ransom and then marrying her.
Had it been that the Prophet wanted her for her beauty, he (peace be upon him) would have selected her before distributing the booty. However, the Prophet’s marriage to her was far beyond that. It was for a noble cause, to influence her tribe to embrace Islam.
So, it was a noble cause the Prophet (peace be upon him) had in mind. He did all this to attain people’s support, attracting their attention to his call and seeing different tribes responding to it, and these objectives were achieved. In light of this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) catered only for the interest of Islam and not self-prejudice or personal aspiration to satisfy any sexual desire as misconceived by some orientalists and westerners.
The Prophet’s marriage to Juwayriyah was graced and blessed by Allah, because of the sincerity that characterized the Prophet’s act. Moreover, the intended objective was achieved as all the members of Banu al-Mustalaq, including Juwayriyah’s father, embraced Islam. Could this have happened if Juwayriyah had remained in the captive of Thabit ibn Qays?!
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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