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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, 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 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 ]
The house of Khadija, Muhammad's first wife. Muslims believe he received some of the first revelations there. It was also where his children Zainab bint Muhammad, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Fatimah, Qasim and Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad were born. After it was rediscovered during the Haram extensions in 1989, it was covered ...
In some tribes, women were emancipated even in comparison with many of today's standards. [10] [11] There have been cases where women held high positions of power and authority. The custom of burying female infants alive, comments a noted Qur'anic commentator, Muhammad Asad, seems to have been fairly widespread in pre-Islamic Arabia. The ...
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.
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula.
Khadija bint Khuwaylid (7 P) Pages in category "Wives of Muhammad" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent ...