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Can a full and honest clarification be provided regarding the aspects related to the wives of Prophet Muhammad and his military campaigns, especially what is mentioned in the books of Sirah and Hadith, in order to refute the misconceptions that may arise about them and affect the love for the Prophet?

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We advise you to ask about guidance, divine grace (tawfiq), and steadfastness, and to make abundant supplications with what has been mentioned in the Sunnah and the Qur'an. The Messenger was a human being, and his marriage to more than one woman indicates the completeness of his manhood. His expressions of love for beauty were natural. His marriages fulfilled major interests, such as caring for widows and reconciling tribes. His goal was not merely to enjoy women; proof of this is his first marriage to a woman older than him, his not marrying women from the Ansar, his marrying only one virgin, and his performing i'tikaf (spiritual retreat) and night prayers away from his wives. As for the narration about seeing whiteness on the flank of a woman he married, it is very weak.

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