So it is surprising how many early Muslims claimed to have reached this great age. If the Islamic tradition is to be trusted at all, Aisha was six years old when Muhammad married her and nine years old when Muhammad consummated the marriage. I say, Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. Elijah Muhammad was portrayed by Al Freeman Jr. in Spike Lee's 1992 motion picture Malcolm X. Albert Hall, who played the composite character "Baines" in Malcolm X, later played Muhammad in Michael Mann's 2001 film, Ali. So we already know that Sawdah was pre-menopausal in 620 CE. A more serious skew of the statistics is caused by the fact that these 14 wives were not the only women whom Muhammad married. 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. Later tales, omitted from the earliest histories, claimed that he had multiplied food like Jesus Christ,[32] transfigured wood into iron, reminiscent of Elishas retrieval of the borrowed axe-head,[33] or cursed his enemys camel to sink in the sand. The exact age or age difference down to the day or even to the year do not matter. 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. [25] Abdullah ibn Abbas says: This tradition was strong enough to be accepted by Ibn Ishaq. Khaliah Ali (daughter with Aaisha Fletcher) Date of birth: 1974 Zaynab married five times. There is alot of guesswork that went into this estimation, but it is an estimate based on real data about Amrahs life. Muhammads first marriage to Khadijah skews the the mean. 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. The apostle stayed in Medina during Dhul-Hijja and part of al-Muharram Then he marched against Khaybar The apostle seized the property piece by piece and conquered the forts one by one as he came to them The apostle took captives from them, among whom was Safiyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab. Warith disbanded the Nation of Islam in 1976 and founded an orthodox mainstream Islamic organization, that came to be known as the American Society of Muslims. The rule (in the form of specifying the ideal age for a man's (younger) wife) was taught by Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam, as noted in The Autobiography of Malcolm X*. 30 BH fell between 9 June 593 and 28 May 594, giving Ramlah a median birthdate of 2 December 593. The Prophet married Zaynab bint Jahsh on the first of Dhul-Qada 5 AH. Elijah Muhammad was born on October 7th, in 1897.He is a notable black religious figure. in the second half of January 630. December 16, 2013. . Zaynab bint Jahshs Median Age = 37 years and 2 months. Cited in Khandhlawi, M. M. Y. Juwayriyahs age is only mildly disputed. 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. To bolster his story, Hakim claimed to remember the episode when Abdulmuttalib ibn Hashim vowed to sacrifice his son Abdullah to the god Hubal but was able to ransom him for 100 camels. Judge Henry Budzinski ruled that $3.3 million in assets and $2.4 million in interest accrued since Muhammad`s death Feb. 25, 1975, must be turned over to his estate by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank . [29] While this is not completely impossible, it is a sufficiently unusual achievement to cause us to pause and question the assertion. 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. At age 14, the rule states that both people must be the same age. Rayhanah was a Jewish female from the Nadir tribe in Medina. She was the co-builder of the Nation of Islam (1931-1975) along with her husband . However, the sources do not explicitly state this circumstance as the reason for the near-divorce. If Khadijah was 28 at that time, she was born in the year between March 568 and March 569, some dozen years later than Hakim ibn Hizam claimed. An approximate birth year that emerges from the sources 605; but it should be borne in mind that she might have been two years younger than this. It is accomplished. Juwayriyahs Median Age = 20 years and 0 months. Because of this, it is impossible to know with any certainty how old Aisha was. "[42] At the 1962 Saviours' Day celebration in Chicago, Rockwell addressed Nation of Islam members. 56 years later History has proved Malcolm X correct! Al Ghoudairy, F. Why Did Prophet Muhammed Marry Aisha; the Young Girl, p. 24. This gives us Aishas date of birth to within six weeks. The discussion about Khadijahs age does today not usually arouse the type of defensiveness that surrounds the discussion of Aishas age. Because he endured, he was able to say in the darkness of his hour, \"Father forgive them for they know not what they do.\" If they understood, they would never have said, \"Crucify him.\" They would never have chosen a thief over the servant of God, if they but understood. The Islamic year consists of twelve lunar cycles and hence it is 354 or 355 days long. March 21, 1990. Hafsahs Median Age = 19 years and 7 months. [17], Muhammad preached his own version of Islam to his followers in the Nation. The Ages Of Elijah Muhammad's Wives Revealed: Did Malcolm X Bring Receipts? Ibn Kathir makes Muhammad 25 years older than Ramlah. He never called it a blessing similar to Sarahs gestation of Isaac[35] or Elizabeths of John the Baptist. When did Sawdah reach menopause? The mean age difference between Muhammad and all his wives was over 29 years. Elijah Muhammad, the most prominent leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), was born Elijah Poole in Sandersville, Georgia, on October 7, 1897.He was the son of sharecropper and Baptist minister Wallace Poole and his wife, Mariah. [21] In the modern world, this would suggest that she was 65 or 70, which may explain why modern historians have assumed she was very elderly. She might have been considerably older than this minimum. Into thy hands do I command my spirit. . So the median wedding date is September 631. Muhammad died on 12 Rabi-Awwal 11 AH (i.e., in the middle of the third month) (10 June 632). Ahmed, S. Prophet Muhammad and Aisha Siddiqa., Akhter, J. The Prophet's Marriages and Wives, Finley, H. (2003). [85] As a Jew, she would not have been living with her husband before she reached menarche[86] or before the age of 12 years. Safiyah is given with unusual precision, down to the month: She married Muhammad at the time when Khaybar fell. Bidding for a gold ring worn by Elijah Muhammad will begin at $1,000. Muhammads daughter Fatima was born in the same year.[59]. Age Difference = 9 years, plus or minus a few. Hinds Median Age = 28 years and 6 months. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.\"- Isaiah 53:5 \"Jesus endured. Aishas Median Age = 9 years and 3 months. Elijah Muhammads Youngest Wife and she was the secretary Malcolm X was talking about when he made his statements about Elijah Muhammad to the media. People who boasted that, I was already 60 before Event X and I have survived another 60 years since, did not expect to be taken literally. Hakim was Khadijahs nephew. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elijah_Muhammad&oldid=1141790260, at least 23 (8 with Evans, 15 with others), including, Lucille Rosary Karriem Muhammad: three girls, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 20:34. All appear to have been elderly widows except Aisha The elderly wives were widows of companions who had fallen in the wars, and Muhammad married them to shelter them and provide them with homes. Using the median as an approximation yields the following result: Far from being a much older woman, it appears that Khadijah might have been the only one of Muhammads wives who was close to him in age. I'm left here to hang and suffer, with agonizing pain, while people walk by and spit on me and throw stones and I cannot defend myself. During his childhood in the racially segregated South, Poole received his basic education at a public school but soon dropped out to help his family earn a living in . Ramlahs Median Age at Consummation = 34 years and 7 months. Judaism among Kinda and the Ridda of Kinda. After he was released on bail, Muhammad fled Washington D.C. on the advice of his attorney, who feared a lynching, and returned to Chicago after a seven-year absence. Elijah Muhammad, the leader and Supreme Minister of an organization known as the Nation of Islam (the Nation), died in 1975 and was survived by a number of legitimate and illegitimate children .A number of his legitimate and illegitimate children (the Estate) filed a recovery citation proceeding on behalf of the estate against the Bank, asserting Robson, J. . [50] So the episode in which Sawdah became old and pleaded with Muhammad to not divorce her occurred between mid-625 and early 627. WATCH NOW. The Prophet returned with Maysara from Syria on the 14th night from the end of Dhul-Hijja in the 25th year from the Day of the Elephant [3 May 595] The Prophet married Khadijah two months and 15 days after his return from Syria, at the end of Safar in the 26th year. Elijah was put on probation, but the university remained open. Farrakhan was disappointed when he was not named Elijah Muhammad's successor following his death. The year 66 years before 58 AH was once again nine years before the Hijra, making Aisha nine years old at her consummation in 1 AH. To suggest that, contrary to her clear statement, she miscalculated or fabricated her own age is not logical. Huwaytib ibn Abduluzza lived to be elderly, but he was probably not entitled to his chapter in Yahya ibn Mandahs book. Elijah Muhammad was born on October 7, 1897 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. memorial page for Elijah Muhammad (7 Oct 1897-25 Feb 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 2478, citing Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South, Glenwood, Cook County . So I wrapped myself in my smock [Safwan ibn al-Muattal al-Sulami] passed me He saw my form and came and stood over me. He was one of 13 children of William and Mariah (Hall) Poole. This fell between 11 April and 9 May (median = 25 April 623). Towards the end of his life, Muhammad acquired a few women whose age in years was even younger than Aishas. While it may well be true that most Arabs only knew their age to the year and not to the day, there is some evidence that Aishas family had noted at least the month in which she was born. This kind of accolade would be absurd for a woman who was older than 20. 9 WIVES. Safiyah apparently knew that she had been born in Rabi'-Awwal 17 years earlier, though she did not know whether it had been late or early in the month and therefore did not know whether she had reached 17 full years on the particular night when she married Muhammad. The information about her death only confirms her consistency. Note that this narrator was the grandson of Zaynabs own nephew. [8][bettersourceneeded]. If they knew that she had been born at the beginning and not the middle or the end of the year, it is unlikely that they would have been wrong about the year itself. The Rabi'-Awwal of 17 years earlier fell between 14 January and 12 February 612, giving Safiyah a birthdate of 28 January 612, plus or minus a fortnight. None of the early Islamic sources gives an exact age for Sawdah. [36] In fact nobody expressed even mild surprise that a woman of Khadijahs age had produced so many children. He used to see me before the veil was prescribed for us, so when he saw me he exclaimed in astonishment, The apostles wife! while I was wrapped in my garments. Farrakhan refers to them as wives in a nominal sense, but legally and publically Clara was Elijah Muhammad's only wife. Hakim ibn Hizam said, The Messenger of Allah married Khadijah when she was 40 and the Messenger of Allah was 25. Yet he also demanded that Black men learn to love and respect their women . The Muslims therefore began the march to Khaybar in late May or early June 628 and were back in Medina before the end of July according to ibn Ishaq. Elijah Poole Age: 77 (age at death) years Birthday: 7th October, 1897 Birthplace: Sandersville, Georgia, USA . By the age of seventeen he was working with his father and some of his brothers at a sawmill in Cordele (Muhammad, 1965, p. 178). It does seem odd that Aisha would give the wrong sequence for two such dramatic events as the raid at al-Muraysi and the Prophets marriage to Zaynab. In 1935, as these battles became increasingly fierce, Elijah left Detroit and settled his family in Chicago. 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). Ibn Kathir frankly admits: The fourth surah of the Qur'an is long and was probably not written all at once. This was after Khadijahs death and before his marriage to Aisha. But in fact the death-date of 61 AH might have been a mistake. However, we must bear in mind that Zaynab might have been some three years younger than this. 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. His wisdom is infinite; capable of accomplishing anything that his brain can conceive. But in fact it was even later than this, for the near-divorce episode is referred to in Quran 4:128. Nevertheless, for the sake of calculation, a two-year range for Juwayriyahs birthdate, between 9 January 607 and 17 December 608, will be used. As a leader, Muhammad served as a mentor to many notable members, including Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Louis Farrakhan and his son Warith Deen Mohammed. We do not know how old Amrah was in 631, but Al-Fadl was 17, so it is reasonable to suggest that Amrah was about 15 a couple of years younger than Aisha. It might have been as early as 13 Rabi-Awwal 9 BH (4 January 614). When he was sixteen years old, he left home and began working in factories and at other businesses. Dare to read. Malcolm X publicly accused Elijah of "having 8 children with six different teenage girls" who "were his private secretaries. Rather than debate what the words middle-aged and elderly ought to mean, we will consult the early Muslim sources and calculate the age of each wife on the day she married Muhammad. [24] The only reason why Abdullah has been largely ignored on the subject of Khadijah is that he never knew her personally while Hakim ibn Hizam did. While the date of this marriage is unknown, there would scarcely have been time for all these events to have occurred before January 631. The only objective clue to Fatimas age is that she lived another 50 years after Muhammad divorced her. They all seem to have been teenagers significantly younger than the mean. "[36][37], Elijah's pro-separation views were compatible with those of some white supremacist organizations in the 1960s. [44] In total, it is estimated that he had 23 children of which 21 are documented. [The apostle] attacked the Mustaliq branch of the Khuzaa tribe He went out and met them at a watering-place of theirs called al-Muraysi , I asked Aisha about the marriage of the Messenger of Allah to Zaynab bint Jahsh. Children via his wife, Clara Muhammad: He assumed leadership of the Nation's Temple No. There is dispute about Muhammad's biological cousin's[63] exact age, but there is no doubt about her approximate age. However, this is not really a third tradition about Khadijahs age, for the context suggests that the number 50 is only an approximation. It does not reflect any uncertainty about Aishas date of birth, since they confirm that the marriage was consummated when she was nine. The sources do not describe Hafsah, Juwayriyah or Safiyah as youthful, and Asmas naivet certainly suggests youth. He promoted black self-sufficiency and self-reliance over integration, and he encouraged African Americans to return to their African homeland. (1960). 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. Since Muhammad fell ill and then died in early June 632,[83] the latest possible date for his marriage to Amrah would be May 632. If she was about 30 in 4 AH, she was born in October 596, plus or minus a few years. If their ages could be added to the calculation, the mean age of Muhammads brides would be even lower, perhaps around 22 years. At an early age, he witnessed extreme . Most of Elijah's story is told in 1 Kings 17-19 and 2 Kings 1-2. The greatest offenders were Hamna bint Jahsh, for the reason that her sister Zaynab bint Jahsh was one of the apostles wives and only she could rival me in his favour. [24] His letters also revealed what he knew of Fard, alleging he was John Walker of Gary who had come to America at 27 from Greece, had served prison time for stealing, and raping a 17-year-old girl, and had died in Chicago, Illinois, at 78. Fard Muhammad and his brother the late Honorable Elijah Muhammad. When she attains puberty, she has the right to maintain the marriage or discontinue the marriage. Problems with the Chronology and Final Calculation. Asmas Maximum Age = 20 years and 0 months. [77] Al-Fadls brother Abdullah recalled: We reached Allahs Apostle five years after he had made Hijra and were with the Quraysh when they marched during the year in which the Battle of Ahzab [Trench] was fought [627]. Elijah Muhammad, 74, as sumed leadership in 1934 of the Black Muslim sect, which claims a national membership of more than 70,000 persons and publishes Muhammad Speaks, a weekly newspaper.. Zaynab bint Jahsh = 55 years and 11 months. Zaynab bint Khuzayma = 53 years and 10 months. [88] Various guesses that she was 20[89] or 17[90] betray the assumptions of the secondary historians that if she attracted Muhammad, she must have been young. 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. The prayer was unlawful for my aunt before the Messenger of Allah was born. Hakims statement, The prayer was unlawful for her, means she menstruated, but he is speaking as the people of Islam speak. 12 were accused of the crime. 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. Given the other evidence this is likely correct, but there is no data to support this conclusion. Hafsahs Median Age = 19 years and 6 months. Maymunah is no more! Zaynab bint Khuzaymas Median Age = 28 years and 4 months. [24], After the letters were sent, 7 of Khaalis' family members were murdered at the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center. After first discounting the rumors, MalcolmX came to believe them after he spoke with Elijah's son Wallace and with the women making the accusations. [21] Of course, no records have survived from pre-Islamic Medina; it was only hearsay that attributed this great age to Abu Afak. We stood on the walls of Medina, looking out [Aisha said]: By Allah! If Muhammad was 53 in 1 AH, then he was only 59 and not 60 in 7 AH; so calling Ramlahs age 35 rather than 36 may also be an approximation, much like Tabaris thirty-odd. She was the only wife who was close to his own age, as opposed to being significantly younger. Yahya ibn Mandah even wrote a book entitled Those of the Companions who Lived 120 Years, in which he lists fourteen 120-year-old Muslims. Why should Aisha, with her extraordinary memory,[54] her penchant for details and her talent for arithmetic,[55] have been any exception? Not included in Yahya ibn Mandahs book is the poet Abu Afak, who was said to be 120 years old in 624 when he was assassinated for criticising Muhammad. She was his greatest ally when he received the Call at age 40 until she died when he was 50 years old. As I said, Malcolm himself explained . [3] Nor does he seem to have been embarrassed by his own preference. [citation needed] Muhammad was arrested there, charged with eight counts of sedition for instructing his followers to not register for the draft or serve in the armed forces. The Nation also owned over 15,000 acres of farmland, their own truck- and air- transport systems, as well as a publishing company that printed the country's largest black newspaper. While Muhammad was in prison, the growth of the Nation of Islam had stagnated, with fewer than 400 members remaining by the time of his release in 1946. Allowing that she was not yet menopausal and that she had a father living, she was probably closer to 40. 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. Elijah Muhammad, Message to the Blackman in America 2 likes Like "You can never trust hypocrites. NFL player Jason Kelce and his wife invite special guest to Super . Elijah married Clara Evans (18991972) on March 7, 1917. . The Messenger of Allah married me when I was six and consummated the marriage when, Allahs Apostle married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when, The Prophet married Aisha in Shawwal in the tenth year after the prophethood [13 May - 10 June 620], three years before the. Muhammad found him a wife on the same day, but it was not Amrah bint Yazid. It is practically certain that the sentence Sawdah became old really only means Sawdah reached menopause.[43]. Amrah = 60 years and 5 months (not consummated, but legalities finalised). [5] But this does not give the 53-year-old Muhammad a birthdate of 27 September 569. They are liars. Fard stated that African Americans could regain their freedoms through self-independence and cultivation of their own culture and civilization. We can now take an informed estimate of her age at consummation. Of course, even this age assumes that he really was as old as 60 at the time of his conversion, which we now have licence to doubt. If she had been courted but not married, this also suggests that she was very young. Muhammad was born Elijah Robert Poole on October 7, 1897 in Sandersville, GA. His father, William, was a sharecropper and his mother, Mariah, was a domestic worker. Mulaykahs Probable Age = about 13 years. [9] His younger brother Kalot Muhammad became the leader of the movement's self-defense arm, the Fruit of Islam. According to the traditional sources, she was the only wife whom Muhammad married as a young man. On March 1, 1919, he married a devout Christian, Clara Bell Evans of Perry, Georgia. 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. The apostle was born on Monday 12 Rabi-Awwal in the Year of the Elephant. Farrakhan regained many of the Nation of Islam's original properties including the National Headquarters Mosque #2 (Mosque Maryam) and Muhammad University of Islam in Chicago. A spirit is subjected to us and not we to the spirit. He died on February 25, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A wedding date of 29 Safar that year would have fallen on 16 July 595. So Muhammad captured Rayhanah in spring 627, a date when her youngest possible age would have been 14. [5] Elijah later recounted that before the age of 20, he had witnessed the lynchings of three black men by white people. The money helped Elijah to acquire opulent homes for himself and his family and establish overseas bank accounts. The only aim of this marriage was to help someone who was left alone. She was 15 years older than him, with children from two previous marriages. One group consisted of Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya and Sauda; and the other group consisted of Umm Salama and the other wives of Allah's Apostle (the . It covers many family issues, including inheritance rights. Minister Muhammad became a member of the Nation of Islam under the leadership of Mr. W.D. This makes sense in the light of the fact that Mulaykah found a new fianc within days of her divorce from Muhammad, before she had completed her three-month waiting-period[70], indicating that the marriage was likely not consummated. Aisha narrated that Allahs Apostle married her when she was seven years old, and he she was taken to his house as a bride, Abdullah narrated. Four men from NOI Mosque No. He spent much of his time reading 104 books suggested by Wallace Fard at the Library of Congress. [72] It seems that he married Mulaykah during his fortnight of residence in the city, i.e. This was between 4 February and 4 March 629 (median = 18 February), indicating that her age at marriage was 26, plus or minus a year. Elijah Muhammad, Jr., served as Asst. The summit included a panel discussion followed by an address by [] [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. Perhaps she was still in her thirties when she bore Muhammads children. May 620 thus works as an approximination. Consequently, Mr. Muhammad, while in Washington, D.C. Was arrested on May 8, 1942, for allegedly evading the draft. Mind that Zaynab might have been some three years younger than the.... 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