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Where did the marriages of the Prophet's wives (peace and blessings be upon him) take place?

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Before the Hijrah, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, married Lady Khadijah, Sawdah, and Aisha, may Allah be pleased with them. He consummated his marriage with Aisha after the Hijrah. Then, in Medina, he married Hafsah, Zaynab bint Khuzaymah, Umm Salamah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Juwayriyah, Umm Habibah, Safiyyah, and Maymunah, may Allah be pleased with all of them.

Khadijah was his first wife, and he did not marry anyone else during her lifetime. He married Aisha as a virgin, and she was the only virgin he married.

As for Safiyyah, his marriage to her was after the Battle of Khaybar, and Maymunah in Makkah. She was the last one he married, and he consummated his marriage with her in Sarif, near Makkah.

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