Note 415 — Chapter XXVII · THE LATER YEARS OF OMAR’S REIGN—DOMESTIC EVENTS. A.H. XVII.-XXIII. A.D. 638–644.
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One of the wives was a captive maiden from Yemen, who, having, as his bond-maid, borne him a son and daughter, became, ipso facto, free. No mention is made of other slave-girls in his harem; but this affords no presumption that he did not consort with such; for no account is made of servile concubines, and they are rarely or never mentioned, unless they chanced to bear offspring.
It was his daughter from whom the tradition is derived that he had no special weakness for the sex, and married chiefly for the sake of issue.