A simple acronym to remember the names of the Prophet's wives

Does polygamy mean lack of love in Islam?

خَسٌّ مَعَ جَزَرٍ صِحَّةٌ

Lettuce with carrot is healthy. 

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The Prophet ﷺ married eleven wives; marrying more than four women was something exclusive to him ﷺ.

If you want to easily memorise the names of his wives, all you have to do is memorise the sentence above:

------▪️((خَسٌّ مَعَ جَزَرٍ صِحَّةٌ)) ▪️------

(1) خ = خديجة بنت خُوَيلد

Khadījah bint Khuwaylid

(2) س = سودة بنت زَمعة

Sawdah bint Zam‘ah

(3) م = ميمونة بنت الحارث

Maymūnah bint Al-Ḥārith

(4) ع = عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

Ā‘ishah bint Abī Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq

(5) ج = جويرية بنت الحارث

Juwairiyyah bint Al-Ḥārith

(6) ز = زينب بنت جحش

Zaynab bint Jaḥsh

(7) " = زينب بنت خزيمة

Zaynab bint Khuzaymah

(8) ر = رملة بنت أبي سفيان

Ramlah bint Abī Sufyān 

(9) ص = صفية بنت حُيَيّ

Ṣafiyyah bint Huyayy

(10) ح = حفصة بنت عمر بن الخطاب 

Ḥafsah bint ‘Umar ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb

(11) ه = هند بنت أبي أمية

Hind bint Abī Umayyah

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This benefit was mentioned by Sheikh Abdulmuhsin Al-‘Abbād in one of his classes.

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SIDE BENEFIT:

As Muslims, we believe that a man is allowed to marry upto 4 wives at any given time. Rejecting this is tantamount to Kufr, as you would be rejecting an Āyah from the Qur'an; An-Nisā - 3. 

But the question I'd like to ask is, if a man marries over his previous wife, does that mean he no longer loves her? Because this is one of the arguments raised by some anti-polygynists.

If we look at the Prophet ﷺ, Ā’ishah (the Prophet's 3rd wife) was the most beloved wife to him. But despite that, he married not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, but EIGHT women over her.

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