Why Did The Prophet (saw) Have More Than 4 Wives

[asharp]

Can someone please give me references please and why?

Thanks

[shoelace]

I donno why prophet had more then 4 wives but it seems religious leaders always had some kind of previlage over their followers.

krishna(hindu prophet) had 100 wives yet he allowed only one wife for his followers.

prophet sulaiman had much more wives.

i have read in many sunni and shia books that prophet married more wives to expand islam in different arab tribes.

Edited August 29, 2011 by shoelace

[imaan=faith]

(salam)

according to Islam history, our holy prophet (s.a) used to get marry for a few times.

As we look in his holy life, it's illogical to say He got marry many time to enjoy this world and he was interested to young women ,etc

because in his holy life he used to be far of much enjoyment and he always denounced this world...

so the main reason was that each getting marry would be a great step for spreading Islam through different tribes.

He got marry with Ayeshah, who our holy prophet himself predicted her bad future for her, who was the daughter of Abu Bakr!

Getting marry with her, made the base of Islam stronger...