Khadija
Khadija (Khadījah bint Khuwaylid) (Khadījah al-Kubra) (c.555 – 619). First wife of the Prophet Muhammad. She was a wealthy widow when she met Muhammad whom she took into her service and later married.
Khadija was born in Mecca, the daughter of Khuwalid bin Asad bin Abdul Uzza bin Qusayy and Fatimah bint Za'idah, of the Quraysh tribe and Banu Hashim clan. Her father was a wealthy merchant.
Around 570, she married for the first time, to a man of the Makhzumi clan. His name is not known with certainty. It is unknown when Khadija married for a second time, but it is clear that one of the husbands died, while the other one divorced her.
Around 585, Khadija’s father died. Around 595, Khadija asked Muhammad, a man fifteen years her junior, to marry her. Muhammad consented.
In 610, Muhammad received his first revelation, and it is believed that Khadija converted to Islam soon afterwards.
In 619, Khadija died a natural death in Mecca.
Khadija was older than Muhammad. Before her marriage to the Prophet, she had been married twice, and had engaged in trade. Khadija was a wealthy woman, either from inheritance or from her first two marriages, or from all sources. She also controlled a trade system in Arabia which reached as far north as Mesopotamia, and which probably helped to spread Islam in its nascent period.
After Muhammad had executed satisfactorily his commission as steward of her merchandise in Bosra (Syria), she offered him marriage.
Although she was an older woman, Khadija, nevertheless, bore Muhammad three (some sources say two) sons and four daughters: Ruqayya, Zaynab, ‘Umm Kulthum, and Fatima. All of Muhammad’s sons died in infancy. (Some sources claim that Ruqayya, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum were children of Khadija’s second husband, while other historians insist that they were the children of Muhammad.
Muhammad’s marriage to Khadija provided him with material and spiritual comfort. As for Khadija, herself, she is honored in Islam as being the first believer and the first convert to Islam. Traditionally, Khadija is credited with being Muhammad’s greatest supporter in the troubled early years of his mission. Khadija’s death (c. 619 C.C.), just three years before the hijra, is seen by most of Muhammad’s biographers as a major blow. As a result of her death during the infancy of Islam, there are no hadith from her describing her years with Muhammad. Nevertheless, she is credited with supporting and encouraging Muhammad, fostering his confidence in himself and his mission.
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid see Khadija
Khadijah al-Kubra see Khadija
Khadija (Khadījah bint Khuwaylid) (Khadījah al-Kubra) (c.555 – 619). First wife of the Prophet Muhammad. She was a wealthy widow when she met Muhammad whom she took into her service and later married.
Khadija was born in Mecca, the daughter of Khuwalid bin Asad bin Abdul Uzza bin Qusayy and Fatimah bint Za'idah, of the Quraysh tribe and Banu Hashim clan. Her father was a wealthy merchant.
Around 570, she married for the first time, to a man of the Makhzumi clan. His name is not known with certainty. It is unknown when Khadija married for a second time, but it is clear that one of the husbands died, while the other one divorced her.
Around 585, Khadija’s father died. Around 595, Khadija asked Muhammad, a man fifteen years her junior, to marry her. Muhammad consented.
In 610, Muhammad received his first revelation, and it is believed that Khadija converted to Islam soon afterwards.
In 619, Khadija died a natural death in Mecca.
Khadija was older than Muhammad. Before her marriage to the Prophet, she had been married twice, and had engaged in trade. Khadija was a wealthy woman, either from inheritance or from her first two marriages, or from all sources. She also controlled a trade system in Arabia which reached as far north as Mesopotamia, and which probably helped to spread Islam in its nascent period.
After Muhammad had executed satisfactorily his commission as steward of her merchandise in Bosra (Syria), she offered him marriage.
Although she was an older woman, Khadija, nevertheless, bore Muhammad three (some sources say two) sons and four daughters: Ruqayya, Zaynab, ‘Umm Kulthum, and Fatima. All of Muhammad’s sons died in infancy. (Some sources claim that Ruqayya, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum were children of Khadija’s second husband, while other historians insist that they were the children of Muhammad.
Muhammad’s marriage to Khadija provided him with material and spiritual comfort. As for Khadija, herself, she is honored in Islam as being the first believer and the first convert to Islam. Traditionally, Khadija is credited with being Muhammad’s greatest supporter in the troubled early years of his mission. Khadija’s death (c. 619 C.C.), just three years before the hijra, is seen by most of Muhammad’s biographers as a major blow. As a result of her death during the infancy of Islam, there are no hadith from her describing her years with Muhammad. Nevertheless, she is credited with supporting and encouraging Muhammad, fostering his confidence in himself and his mission.
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid see Khadija
Khadijah al-Kubra see Khadija
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