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When Khawlah bint Hakim suggested that Muhammad marry Aisha after the death of Muhammad's first wife (Khadija), the previous agreement regarding the marriage of Aisha with ibn Mut'im was put aside by common consent. [31] Muhammad converted the companionship of four friends, who later became the Rashidun caliphs, into relationship through marriage.
Ancestors of Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Khadija's mother, Fatima bint Za'idah, who died in 575, [3] was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh [4] and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother, Amina. [5] [6] Khadija's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant [7] and leader.
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]
In the Islamic tradition, the Year of Sorrow (Arabic: عام الحزن, romanized: ‘Ām al-Ḥuzn, also translated Year of Sadness) is the 10th year of prophethood in which Muhammad's wife Khadijah and his uncle and protector Abu Talib died. The year approximately coincided with 619 CE [1] [2] or the tenth year after Muhammad's first revelation.
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.
Aisha was born in Mecca c. 613–614. [17] [18] She was the daughter of Abu Bakr and Umm Ruman, two of Muhammad's most trusted companions. [11]No sources offer much more information about Aisha's childhood years.
According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad's wife Khadija was the first to believe he was a prophet. [93] She was followed by Muhammad's ten-year-old cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib, close friend Abu Bakr, and adopted son Zayd. [93]
The first person who professed Islam was his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. The identity of the second male Muslim, after Muhammad himself, is nevertheless disputed largely along sectarian lines, as Shia and some Sunni sources identify him as the first Shia imam Ali ibn Abi Talib , a child at the time, who grew up in the household of his cousin ...