As to Layla bint Khutaim/Khatim, she offered herself to the prophet at a seemingly advanced age. Ibn Saad reports how she was with her 2 daughters and 2 grand daughters when the prophet arrived in Medina. The prophet accepted her marriage proposal, probably as he thought it could help improve her situation. Upon learning of the news, her people urged her to ask for a divorce, which the prophet granted her, citing the reason that
"Evil is what you have done! You are a jealous woman and the prophet has several wives who are jealous about him and will invoke Allah against you".
As a side note, there is a notoriously flawed mistranslation of that report gladly picked up by the enemies of Islam
"you are a self respecting woman but the prophet is a womanizer".
The Arabic says "anti imra'atun ghira/you are a jealous woman" "wal nabi sahib nisa' tagharin alayh/and the prophet has women jealous for him".
Further readings answering Sam Shamoun "Muhammad the Womanizing Sensualist"
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