Consider the reported personalities of the wives of the Prophet, the nature of their relationship(s) with the Prophet, and their lifestyles within the early Muslim community.

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If the wives of the Prophet are taken to be as examples of what ideal womanhood is in Islam, describe what this ideal would be.. How might the example of the wives of the Prophet be read differently in different historical contexts?

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