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It was his FIRST wife. He decided to snuff her into the bargain because she was barren.

So was mohammad's 9 year old wife, after he tore his way into her.

Even mad mo didn't kill Aisha.

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A well known practice of the time was to just make up stuff to legitimize descent. Actually, even Napoleon's father created false genealogies for his son so he could get into the premier military academy in France.

What went on in this 9 year old's case was she had grown up to be somebody's mother, and then had a son who achieved note in Arab ranks, but he wasn't sufficiently noble.

So what they did was turn her into Mohammad's "wife".

She was never married to Mohammad.

The reason Moslems were required to believe this story was quite simple ~ if you were in the higher ranks and denied the truth of the story (like you might if you were a close relative of the woman) they'd kill you!

Most people in those days wre totally illiterate and there was no "opposition" press. This was among the easiest of stories to get accepted, but it's just a story. TOTAL ARABIAN BS!@