Harem Hijinks part 2

You didn't think that just because blue-eyesight did a public service April Fools blog, we were finished talking about the prophet's wives now did you? Actually, the wives loved to play tricks on the poor boy and Aisha was the best at it.
Once when Mohammed (PBUH) was getting ready to marry another, rather beautiful wife, Aisha hatched a plan. She pretended to be helpful and volunteered to assist the bride get dressed for the wedding. She advised the young woman to "play hard to get" on her wedding night because the prophet loved a challenge. That night the prophet was appalled to find himself shunned and sent the new wife packing the next day. I'm sure Aisha had quite a giggle over that one.
Mohammed (PBUH) had about a dozen wives, give or take. Here is a fun fact...two were Jewish and one was Christian. The multiple marriages created quite a harem-scarem and any small incident created a gossip-fest. One wife brushed the hand of a male dinner guest as she handed him a plate of food...another one (Aisha) went off into the desert with a handsome soldier to "look" for a lost necklace and a third caused all kinds of controversy because her first husband had been an adopted son of the prophet. The prophet began to have an increasing number of divine revelations on how to achieve tranquility in his own household...how handy. Finally one day, Mohammed(PBUH)had had enough. Lets just say that (PWNUH)*. He declared that from now on all his wives would be secluded behind a curtain (hijab). So began the tradition of the veil that continues today.

*peace was NOT upon him


I got most of my information on this topic from the excellent book, Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks who won the Pulitzer Prize a few years ago. I highly recommend it if you want more information on the subject of women in the Middle East.