Khadijah bint Khuwaylid or Khadijah al-Kubra (555 AD – 623 AD) was the first wife of Muhammad. Khadijah al-Kubra, was the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and Fatimah bint Za'idah, belonged to the clan of Banu Hashim of the tribe of Banu Asad. She became the first person to convert to Islam. Muhammad in a new genre of Islamic calligraphy started in the 17th century by Hafiz Osman. ... Khuwaylid ibn Asad was the father of many prominent people in the early Islamic history: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid Halah bint Khuwailid Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Categories: ... BanÅ« Hāshim (Arabic: بنو هاشم) was a clan in the Quraish tribe. ... The Banu Asad are an ancient Arab clan from the tribe of Quraish. ...

Biography

Early life

Khuwaylid ibn Asad (Khadijah's father), who died around 585, was a merchant, a successful businessman whose vast wealth and business talents were inherited by Khadijah and whom the latter succeeded in faring with the family's vast wealth. It is said that when Banu Quraish's trade caravans gathered to embark upon their lengthy and arduous journey either to Syria during the summer or to Yemen during the winter, Khadijah's caravan equaled the caravans of all other traders of Quraish put together. Fatimah bint Za'idah (Khadijah's mother), died around 575, was of Banu `Amir ibn Luayy ibn Ghalib, also a distant relative of Muhammad. Events Famine in Gaul. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... Banu Quraish was the dominant tribe of Mecca. ... Events June 2 - Benedict succeeds John III as Pope The Kingdom of East Anglia founded by the Angle groups North Folk and South Folk, naming the places of Norfolk and Suffolk, respectively. ...

Although the society in which Khadijah was born was an extremely male chauvinistic one, Khadijah earned two titles: Ameerat-Quraish (Princess of Quraish) and al-Tahira (the Pure One), due to her impeccable personality and virtuous character, not to mention her honorable descent. She used to feed and clothe the poor, assist her relatives financially, and even provide for the marriage of those of her kin who could not otherwise have had means to marry.

By 585, Khadijah was left an orphan. Regardless of having married twice, and twice losing her husband to the ravaging wars with which Arabia was afflicted, she had no mind to marry a third time though she was sought for marriage by many honorable and highly respected men of the Arabian peninsula throughout which she was quite famous due to her business dealings. She simply hated the thought of being widowed for a third time. [1] Events Famine in Gaul. ...

Her first husband was Abu Halah Hind ibn Zarah who belonged to Banu `Adiyy, and the second was Ateeq ibn `Aaith. Both men belonged to Banu Makhzum. By her first husband, she gave birth to a son who was named after his father Hind and who came to be one of the greatest Sahaba. He participated in both battles, Battle of Badr and Battle of Uhud, and he is also famous for describing the Prophet's physique; he was martyred during the Battle of the Jamal in which he fought on the side of Ali ibn Abi Talib. All biography accounts describe Hind as an outspoken orator, a man of righteousness and generosity, and one who took extreme caution while quoting Muhammad. Besides him, Khadijah gave birth to Abu Halah’s two other sons: Tahir and Halah (who is not very well known to historians despite the fact that his father is nicknamed after him). In Islam, the SÌ£aḥābah (Arabic: ‎ companions) were the companions of Muhammad. ... Combatants Muslims of Medina Quraish of Mecca Commanders Muhammad, Hamza, Ali Amr ibn Hishām† Strength 313 1000 Casualties 14 killed ~70 killed 40-70 captured The Battle of Badr (Arabic: ), fought March 17, 624 AD (17 Ramadan 2 AH in the Islamic calendar) in the Hejaz of western Arabia... Combatants Muslims Quraysh-led Coalition Commanders Muhammad Abu Sufyan Strength 700 3,000 Casualties 70 dead 22 The Battle of Uhud was fought on 23 March, 625, between a force from the small Muslim community of Medina, in what is now north-western Arabia, and a force from Mecca, the...

Controversy revolves around Khadijah's children by her second husband, a dispute related to the controversy that revolves around the other daughters or step-daughters of Muhammad. These daughters, chronologically arranged, are: Zainab, Ruqayya, and Ummu Kulthoom. Some historians say that these were Khadijah's daughters by her second husband; whereas others insist they were her daughters by Muhammad. This is not probable considering Khadijah's advanced age at the time she married Muhammad.

One particular quality in Khadijah was quite interesting, probably more unusual than any of her other qualities mentioned above: she, unlike her people, never believed in nor worshipped idols.

Employing Muhammad

Since Khadijah did not travel with her trade caravans, she had always had to rely on someone else to act as her agent to trade on her behalf and to receive an agreed upon commission in return. In 595, Khadijah needed an agent to trade in her merchandise going to Syria, and it was then that a number of agents whom she knew before and trusted, as well as some of her own relatives, particularly Abu Talib, suggested to her to employ her distant cousin Muhammad ibn Abdullah who, by then, had earned the honoring titles of Al-Sadiq (the truthful) and Al-Amin (the trustworthy). Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (d. ...

Muhammad, who was 14 years younger than Khadija, did not have any official business experience, but he had twice accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on his trade trips and keenly observed how he traded, bartered, bought and sold, and conducted business; after all, the people of Quraish were known for their involvement in trade more than in any other profession. It was not uncommon to hire an agent who did not have prior experience; so, Khadijah decided to give Muhammad a chance. He was only 25 years old. Khadijah sent Muhammad word through Khazimah ibn Hakim, one of her relatives, offering him twice as much commission as she usually offered her agents to trade on her behalf. She also gave him one of her servants, Maysarah, who was young, brilliant, and talented, to assist him and be his bookkeeper. She also trusted Maysarah's account regarding her new employee's conduct, an account that was most striking, indeed one that encouraged her to abandon her decision never to marry again. Quraish (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the Meccan tribe that the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to before he received the revelations of Islam. ...

The profits Khadijah reaped from that trip were twice as much as she had anticipated. Maysarah was more fascinated by Muhammad than by anything related to the trip. The trip's measure of success encouraged Khadijah to employ Muhammad again on the winter trip to Yemen. Yemen, at that time, was being ruled by an Ethiopian regent. This time Khadijah offered Muhammad three times the usual commission. Unfortunately, historians do not tell us much about this second trip except that it was equally profitable to both employer and employee. Some historians do not mention this trip at all.

Marriage to Muhammad

With the passage of time, her admiration for Muhammad developed into a deeper affection. Khadijah was by then convinced that she had finally found a man who was worthy of her, so much so that she initiated the marriage proposal herself. Muhammad sat to detail all the business transactions in which he became involved on her behalf, but the wealthy and beautiful lady of Quraish was thinking more about her distant cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal than about those transactions. She simply fell in love with Muhammad just as the daughter of the Arabian prophet Shu`ayb had fallen in love with then fugitive prophet Moses. Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt This article is about the Biblical figure. ...

By the time Muhammad was gone, Khadijah sought the advice of a friend named Nufaysa bint Umayyah. The latter offered to approach him on her behalf and, if possible, arrange a marriage between them.

Khadijah and Muhammad agreed that he should speak to his uncles and she would speak to her uncle, `Amr ibn Asad, since her father had died. It was Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, despite being relatively young, whom the Hashemites delegated to represent them on this marriage occasion, since he was most closely related to them through the clan of Asad; his sister Saffiyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib had just married Khadijah's brother `Awwam. It was Abu Talib, Muhammad's uncle, who delivered the marriage sermon saying, Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: حمزه بن عبدالمطلب) was the uncle of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. ... Saffiyah binte ‘Abd al-MutÌ£tÌ£alib was a Sahaba and a prominent person in Islamic history. ...

All praise is due to Allah Who has made us the progeny of Ibrahim and Who made us the custodians of His House and the servants of its sacred precincts, making for us a House sought for pilgrimage and a shrine of security, and He also gave us authority over the people. This nephew of mine Muhammad cannot be compared with any other man: if you compare his wealth with that of others, you will not find him a man of wealth, for wealth is a vanishing shadow and a fickle thing. Muhammad is a man whose lineage you all know, and he has sought Khadijah bint Khuwaylid for marriage, offering her such-and-such of the dower of my own wealth.

Became the first Muslim among females

When her husband received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel, she was the first person — among both male and females — to convert to Islam. According to some sources, it was Khadijah's parental cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, who informed Muhammad of his prophet hood soon after his vision of the angel. [2] Gabriel delivering the Annunciation. ... Among Muslim, the timing of Sahaba becoming Muslims is of importance. ... Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Assad ibn al-Uzza ibn Qasi Al-Qorshy (Arabic ) is the parental cousin of Khadija, Muhammads first wife. ...

Khadijah did not hesitate to embrace Islam at all, knowing that her husband could not have put forth any false claim. Yahya ibn `Afeef is quoted saying that he once came, during the period of Jahiliyyah (before the advent of Islam), to Mecca to be hosted by al-Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib, one of the Prophet's uncles mentioned above. "When the sun started rising," says he, "I saw a man who came out of a place not far from us, faced the Ka`ba and started performing his prayers. He hardly started before being joined by a young boy who stood on his right side, then by a woman who stood behind them. When he bowed down, the young boy and the woman bowed, and when he stood up straight, they, too, did likewise. When he prostrated, they, too, prostrated." Then he expressed his amazement at that, saying to al-Abbas: "This is quite strange, O Abbas!" "Is it, really?" retorted al-Abbas. "Do you know who he is?" al-Abbas asked his guest who answered in the negative. "He is Muhammad ibn Abdullah, my nephew. Do you know who the young boy is?" asked he again. "No, indeed," answered the guest. "He is Ali son of Abu Talib. Do you know who the woman is?" The answer came again in the negative, to which al-Abbas said, "She is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, my nephew's wife." This incident is included in the books of both Imam Ahmad and al-Tirmithi, each detailing it in his own Sahih. And she bore patiently in the face of persecution to which her revered husband and his small band of believers were exposed at the hands of the polytheists and aristocrats of Quraish, sacrificing her vast wealth to promote Islam, seeking Allah's Pleasure.

She remained at his side and supported him throughout his mission to spread Islam. For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Death — 619 or 623

Muhammad took no other wife until after her death because of his love for her.

The year of her death is known as the Year of Sorrow, because of the devastation that it caused him and it was also the same year in which his uncle and guardian Abu Talib died. She was either 48 or 55 years old. ^[1] Her body was buried in Mecca. ^[2] The Year of Sorrow is a Islamic term for a Hijri year that coincided with 619 CE. It is called so since both Abu Talib and Khadija died that year Categories: ... Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (d. ...

Sunni view

• Khadijah bint Khuwaylid by Ibn Kathir (Islamic scholar)

Shi'a view

The following view of Khadijah can be found in the Shi'a book Fatima The Gracious: For other uses, see Fatima (name) Fatima The Gracious (Arabic: Fatimah Zahra)is the name of a book, writen by Shia scholar Abu Muhammad Ordoni (father of Muhammad, the Jordanian). ...

Relatives

Sons:

• Abd-Allah (Taher) ibn Muhammad
• Qasim ibn Muhammad

Daughters: Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad was the second son of Muhammad and Khadija. ... Qasim ibn Muhammad was the son of Muhammad. ...

• Ruqayyah bint Muhammad
• Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
• Zainab bint Muhammad
• Fatima Zahra

Sister: Ruqayyah is viewed as the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid by some Sunnis and some Shia but some Shia and non-Muslim argue she is the daughter of Khadijahs assumed previous husband (see Genealogy of Khadijas daughters). ... Daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) ... this is a sahaba of Muhammad She is the daghter of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, however, it is disputed if she is the daghter of Muhammad or Khadijahs assumed previous husband. ... This article is about Muhammads daughter. ...

• Halah bint Khuwailid

Cousins: Khadijah bint Khuwaylid was the sister of the Islamic prophet Muhammads first wife, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. ...

• Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum
• Waraqah ibn Nawfal

Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Assad ibn al-Uzza ibn Qasi Al-Qorshy (Arabic ) is the parental cousin of Khadija, Muhammads first wife. ...

See also

• Muhammad
• Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Fatimah bint Muhammad
• Hassan ibn Ali
• Hussain ibn Ali
• Ali ibn Hussayn
• Muhammad al-Baqir
• Ja'far al-Sadiq
• Musa al-Kazim
• Ali al-Rida
• Muhammad al-Taqi
• Ali al-Hadi
• Hasan al-Askari
• Muhammad al-Mahdi
• Timing of Sahaba becoming muslims

Muhammad in a new genre of Islamic calligraphy started in the 17th century by Hafiz Osman. ... Ali ibn Abu Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب translit: ‘Alī ibn Abu Ṭālib Persian: علی پسر ابو طالب) ‎ (599 – 661) is an early Islamic leader. ... ... Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. ... Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Muhammad al-Baqir Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (676 - January 31, 743) was the fifth Shia Imam. ... Jafar Al-Sadiq (Arabic: جعفر الصادق in full Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn (702 AD - 765 AD ) is the sixth infallible Imam and one of Ahl al-Bayt of the Shia Muslims. ... Imam Musa al Kazim (November 10, 745 - September 4, 799) was the seventh Shia Imam (he is not accepted by the Ismailis as the seventh Imam). ... Imām ˤAlī ibn-Mūsā ar-Riđā (Arabic: علي بن موسى الرضا) (January 1, 766 - May 26, 818) was the eighth Shīˤa Imām. ... Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (Arabic: امام محمد التقي)(April 12, 811 - November 27, 835) was the ninth Shia Imam in the Ithna Ashari (Twelver) tradition. ... Imam Ali al-Hadi (September 8, 828 _ July 1, 868) was the tenth Shia Imam. ... Hasan al-Askari (Arabic: الإمام الحسن بن علي العسكري) (December 6, 846 – January 1, 874), was the eleventh Shia Imam. ... It has been suggested that Mahdi be merged into this article or section. ... Among Muslim, the timing of Sahaba becoming Muslims is of importance. ...

References

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External links

• Khadija Daughter of Khuwaylid
• Marriage of Khadija
• RootsWeb.com
• The Wives of Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir