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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (Arabic: خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد, romanized: Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, c. 554 [2] – November 619) was the first wife and the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Khadija was the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, a noble of the Quraysh tribe in Makkah and a successful merchant.
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, 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]
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]
The children of Muhammad are said to have been born to his first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid, except his son Ibrahim, who was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya. None of Muhammad's sons reached adulthood, but he had an adult foster son, Zayd ibn Harithah. Daughters of Muhammad all reached adulthood but only Fatima survived her father.
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
Khloé Kardashian’s close friend Khadijah Haqq and her husband, Bobby McCray, have called it quits after 13 years of marriage. “Now more than ever I have been relying on prayer. Family is so ...
The mausoleum of Khadija in Mecca, before its demolition by the House of Saud in the 1920s. From 613 to 619 CE, the Islamic prophet Muhammad gathered in his hometown of Mecca a small following of those who embraced his message of Islam and thus became Muslims. The first person who professed Islam was his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid.