Why wasn't Aisha allowed to re-marry after the prophet's death? She was only a teenager when he died?

Question

Unlike other religions, Islam discourages women from living in abstinence because of the lonliness. Why was Aisha an exception?

Answer 1

It wasn't just 'Aisha but all the other wives of the prophet (pbuh):

033.053 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَلا مُسْتَأْنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ إِنَّ ذَلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ فَيَسْتَحْيِي مِنْكُمْ وَاللَّهُ لا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلا أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا أَزْوَاجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَبَدًا إِنَّ ذَلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمًا

033.053 O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,- until leave is given you,- for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have taken your meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour) annoys the Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not ashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) for anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy Allah's Messenger, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in Allah's sight an enormity.

Al-Qur'an, 033.053 (Al-Ahzab [The Clans, the Coalition, the Combined Forces])

As for the reason, I don't think the real reason is known. Maybe because they were the Mothers of the Believers.

033.006 النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ وَأُولُو الأرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَى بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ إِلا أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا

033.006 The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer personal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhajirs: nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is the writing in the Decree (of Allah).

Al-Qur'an, 033.006 (Al-Ahzab [The Clans, the Coalition, the Combined Forces])

Answer 2

they all ignored the teen part, god mercy! she wan't 6 or 9 when he married her, bokhari is a liar, possibly some pervert rich man paid him money to say that

Answer 3

It was not only her. It was all his wives was it not?

Answer 4

Prophet's wives are mothers of believers,therefore she couldnt marry,any other by decree of Allah Allmighty

[33:6] The prophet is closer to the believers than they are to each other, and his wives are like mothers to them. The relatives ought to take care of one another in accordance with GOD's scripture. Thus, the believers shall take care of their relatives who immigrate to them, provided they have taken care of their own families first. These are commandments of this scripture.

Answer 5

because wives of prophet Muhammad (saw) are the mothers of believers, how come someone marries his mother?

Answer 6

All Wives of Prophet (pbuh) are mothers of Muslim (Ummaathul Mua mineen )  so it's not allowed to marrie them (pbut)

Answer 7

None of the 'Mother of believers' (Raliyallahu Anahum) were married after the Prophet (s.a.w) as the order of Allah (s.w.t) that none should marry them after the Prophet(s) and their high position as mother of all believers. The following two verses are clear to that.

'O you who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses, unless permission is given to you for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation. But when you are invited, enter, and when you have taken your meal, disperse, without sitting for a talk. Verily, such (behaviour) annoys the Prophet, and he is shy of (asking) you (to go), but Allâh is not shy of (telling you) the truth. And when you ask (his wives) for anything you want, ask them from behind a screen, that is purer for your hearts and for their hearts. And it is not (right) for you that you should annoy Allâh's Messenger, nor that you should ever marry his wives after him (his death). Verily! With Allâh that shall be an enormity (53) Whether you reveal anything or conceal it, verily, Allâh is Ever All Knower of everything. [(Verses 53,24 of Sura Al-Ahzab (33)]

Also all Prophet's (s) wives are mother of believers.

The Prophet is closer to the believers than their ownselves[], and his wives are their (believers') mothers (as regards respect and marriage). And blood relations among each other have closer personal ties in the Decree of Allâh (regarding inheritance) than (the brotherhood of) the believers and the Muhajirûn (emigrants from Makkah), except that you do kindness to those brothers (when the Prophet SAW joined them in brotherhood ties). This has been written in the (Allâh's Book of Divine) Decrees (Al¬Lauh Al¬Mahfûz)."

(Sura Al-Ahzab: Verse 6)

Answer 8

U're talking about the Prophet (P.B.U.H)'s wives.Not only Ayesha (R.A), but all of them couldn't marry again. No Muslim would marry them out of respect, since they were the Umm ul Momineen. And they were dedicated to teaching people about the religion. That was the reason Muhammad (P.B.U.H) had many more than 12 wives.  

The case of Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and His wives is an exception. He (P.B.U.H) was a Prophet, and there are several things forbidden for the ordinary Muslims, but not for Him. And there were prayers which were obligatory on Him, but not for us.

They had no problem with not marrying again. They were given a choice in life, and they chose to remain as Muhammad (P.B.U.H)'s wives. They had to fulfill the obligations, and they weren't unhappy with them.

Answer 9

In the Prophet's lifetime she was given choice to be seperated from Prophet and marry a person of her choice. She chose to remain wife of Prophet.

Quran expressly prohibits muslim from marrying Prophots wives.

Answer 10

  All the wives of holy prophet Hazrat Muhammad are like mothers to all Muslims. They cannot imagine marrying them, nor were they permitted to.

  She was married to Muhammad  SAW to learn from him the rules of Islam and teach later day Muslims. She performed her duty well.

May Allah be pleased with her.

                                    Muhmmad Javed Iqbal

                          

Answer 11

it's by god's order , not just Aisha peace be upon her , but all his other wives..

i don't think that any one of the prophet's wives peace be upon him would even think of remarry after his death.

they choosed god and his prophet when he gave them the choice.

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No , theres no similarities between thetwo examples .

this happened for a reason .

the prophet's wives peace be upon them all , specialy Aisha , beacuse she was young and intellegent , so they had a big rsposibility of passing what they saw and heared from the prophet peace be upon him to the other people.

read the link I listed to see what big the role Aisha played as a teacher and interpreter of Islam .

providing guidance to even the greatest of the male Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. They made a special point of going to her to gain knowledge and seek her opinion.

A vast number of sayings and actions of the Holy Prophet are reported from her in books of Hadith

Answer 12

All the wives of the Prophet (PBUH) have chosen not to remarry after the death of the Prophet because they were considered to be the Mothers of all the Muslims.  So how can the mother marry his child?

Answer 13

She is the Mother of the believers

Answer 14

Prophet's (saw) wives are mothers to all believers ,

Its the sanctity of Prophet (saw)

Answer 15

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YUSUFALI: O Prophet! Say to thy Consorts: "If it be that ye desire the life of this World, and its glitter,- then come! I will provide for your enjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner.

PICKTHAL: O Prophet! Say unto thy wives: If ye desire the world's life and its adornment, come! I will content you and will release you with a fair release.

SHAKIR: O Prophet! say to your wives: If you desire this world's life and its adornment, then come, I will give you a provision and allow you to depart a goodly departing  

Answer 16

All his wives. Firstly, they would not be able to fulfill their duties - narration of hadiths. Aisha especially, memorized hadiths and narrated them. Secondly, we're talking about the Prophet's wives here. Nobody would have married them out of respect anyway

The other answers are true as well

Answer 17

Because Prophet and Messenger of God for Muslims was like their father and his all wives were equal to mothers of all believers.  God Himself commanded in Quran that wives of Prophet are mothers of believers  and no one can marry them after Prophet will die. Hence no one could marry them after Prophet died.  

Early days of Prophet and Mulims who came as immigrants from Mecca were very hard on them due to extreme poverty. Prophet's wives didn't have food to cook for weaks. They lived on dates and water. So they protested to Prophet to fix some amount for them as sustenance. He was father of all believers.  What ever gifts of dates people gave him, he had to give first to those who had nothing to eat and if something was left, he would send for his wives. Prophet had nothing to give them on regular basis, so he stopped talking to all wives and started sleeping in Mosque.  Then Allah revealed commands for his wives saying you are mothers of all Muslim Ummah. if you wish Prophet can divorce and make you free. I shall have him better wives than you all in all respects for Prophet of Islam.  It is better for you all that you remain as Prophet's wives, so you resurrect on the day of Judgment as his wives and get blessed with living eternal life with Prophet. That will be a great honor for you all.  After that Prophet's wives never asked for money.

Wives of Prophet became assistant of their husband and preached Islam to women of believers for rest of their lives after Prophet died.  

Allah gave Aisha longer age than all other wives. Most of his widows died within five years of Prophet's death. Aisha lived until

age 80.  Because Allah commanded Prophet in vision to marry

Aisha, so he had to marry her. She was the only bachelor wife at the time of marriage. His all nine or more were all widows. Aisha  lived with Prophet all the times.  Though Prophet had to visit other wives on their turn for visit but he spent more time with Aisha to teach her Quran and every aspect of Islamic life so she could teach people after Prophet dies.  Aisha was the most brilliant woman of her time, had phtographic memory, very courageous in asking questions to Prophet on every subject and often she argued with Prophet on matters concerning women. She loved poetry and often quoted poetry of famous poets of her time during teaching Islam to men (from behind curtain) and women.  She had eloquent when she talked to people of all ages.  Purpose of God to command Prophet to marry her, raise her and teach her every thing about Islam, was that she could become teacher of Islam for women of next generation,. Prophet did not have as much time to have separate sessions for women as much he gave to men.  Most of the  time spent on planning to defend Muslims from attacks of enemies of Islam, meeting people who came to visit him, teaching new revelations from God, deciding problems between people, answering questions of people on all aspects of life etc.etc.