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Khadija bint Khuwaylid [a] (c. 554 – November 619) was the first wife of Muhammad. Born into an aristocratic clan of the Quraysh , she was an affluent merchant in her own right and was known to have a noble personality within her tribe.
Khadija bint Khuwaylid Around the age of 25, Muhammad wed his wealthy employer, Khadija , the 28-or 40-year-old widow, and daughter of a merchant. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Muhammad used to manage her caravans; and Khadija, being impressed by the skills of Muhammad, sent a proposal to the Islamic prophet. [ 23 ]
Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah (Arabic: خديجة, romanized: Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in the Muslim world, along with Fatima and Aisha. [4]
Khadija, Muhammad's first and only wife for the 25 years up to her death, died in 619 CE when she was about 65 years old. [1] Muhammad was almost 50 at this time, and the death happened not long after the end of the boycott against Muhammad's clan. [1] The boycott prohibited, among other things, trade with Muhammad's family. [3]
Khuwaylid married Fatima bint Za'idah, who was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh [4] and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother, [5] [6] Aminah bint Wahb. Some of their children would become prominent people in early Islamic history e.g.: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid; Halah bint Khuwailid; Khadijah bint Khuwaylid; Hizam ibn Khuwaylid
Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusayy Al-Qurashi (Arabic ورقه بن نوفل بن أسد بن عبد العزّى بن قصي القرشي) was a Christian Arabian ascetic who was the paternal first cousin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of Muhammad.
The mausoleum of Khadija in Mecca, before its demolition by the House of Saud in the 1920s. Muhammad may have received his first revelations around 610 CE, which he initially shared only with his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Over time, in his hometown of Mecca, Muhammad gathered a small following of those who embraced his message of Islam (lit.
As for Khuwaylid, he had four known children: Nawfal bin Khuwaylid, Khadija bint Khuwaylid who will become the first wife of Muhammad, Hala bint-Khuwaylid who will become the wife of Kayruz ibn-al-Rabi` (known by his konya Abu-l-`As), and al-`Awwam bin-Khuwaylid who will marry Safiyya bint-`Abd-al-Muttalib who is the aunt of Muhammad (yet ...