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Khadija bint Khuwaylid
This article is about the wife of Muhammad. For
the name Khadija, see Khadija (name) . For other
uses, see Khadija (disambiguation) .
Khadijah or Khadīja bint Khuwaylid ( Arabic :
ﺧﺪﻳﺠﺔ ﺑﻨﺖ ﺧﻮﻳﻠﺪ ) or Khadīja al-Kubra
( Khadija the Great) [1] (c. 555 or 567 – 620
CE) was the first wife of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad . She is commonly regarded by
Muslims as the "Mother of the Believers" (i.e.,
Muslims), and was the first person to convert
to Islam.
Biography
Khadija's grandfather, Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ,
was the progenitor [clarification needed ] of the
Asad clan[2] of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca .
Her father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad , was a
merchant. [2] According to some traditions, he
died c. 585, but according to others, he was
still alive when Khadija married Muhammad in
595. [3][4] His sister, Umm Habib bint Asad,
was the matrilineal great-grandmother of
Muhammad. [5] Khadija's mother, Fatima bint
Za'idah, who died around 575, [ citation needed ]
was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of
the Quraysh [6] and a third cousin of
Muhammad's mother. [7][8]
Khadija married three times and had children
from all her marriages. While the order of her
marriages is debated, it is generally believed
that she first married Abu Hala Malak ibn
Nabash ibn Zarrara ibn at-Tamimi and second
'Atiq ibn 'A'idh ibn 'Abdullah Al-Makhzumi. [9]
To her first husband she bore two sons, who
were both given what were usually feminine
names, [10] Hala and Hind. He died before his
business became a success. [11] To husband
Atiq, Khadija bore a daughter named Hindah.
This marriage also left Khadija as a widow.
[12]
Khadija became a very successful merchant.
It is said that when the Quraysh's trade
caravans gathered to embark upon their
summer journey to Syria or winter journey to
Yemen , Khadija's caravan equalled the
caravans of all other traders of the Quraysh
put together. [13] She was known by the by-
names Ameerat-Quraysh ("Princess of
Quraysh", al-Tahira ("The Pure One" and
Khadija Al-Kubra (Khadija "the Great". [14] It
is said that she fed and clothed the poor,
assisted her relatives financially and provided
marriage portions for poor relations. [14]
Khadija was said to have neither believed in
nor worshipped idols ,[ citation needed ] which
was atypical for pre-Islamic Arabian culture.
According to other sources, however, she kept
an idol of Al-‘Uzzá in her house. [15]
Khadija did not travel with her trade caravans;
she employed others to trade on her behalf
for a commission. In 595 Khadija needed an
agent for a transaction in Syria. Abu Talib ibn
'Abd al-Muttalib recommended her distant
cousin Muhammad ibn Abdullah. The
experience that Muhammad held working with
caravans in his uncle Abu Talib's family
business had earned him the honorific titles
Al-Sadiq ("the Truthful" and Al-Amin ("the
Trustworthy" or "Honest". [16] Khadija hired
Muhammad, who was then 25 years old,
sending word through her kinsman Khazimah
ibn Hakim[ citation needed ] that she would pay
double her usual commission. [17]
She sent one of her servants, Maysarah, to
assist him. Upon returning, Maysarah gave
accounts of the honorable way that
Muhammad had conducted his business, with
the result that he brought back twice as much
profit as Khadija had expected. Maysarah also
relayed that on the return journey, Muhammad
had stopped to rest under a tree. A passing
monk, Nestora, informed Maysarah that, "None
but a prophet ever sat beneath this tree." [18]
Maysarah also claimed that while he stood
near Muhammad as he slept, he had seen two
angels standing above Muhammad creating a
cloud to protect him from the heat and glare
of the sun. [11]
Khadija then consulted her cousin Waraqah
ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn 'Abdu'l-'Uzza. [18]
Waraqah said that if what Maysarah had seen
was true, then Muhammad was in fact the
prophet of the people who was already
expected. It is also said Khadijah had a dream
in which the sun descended from the sky into
her courtyard, fully illuminating her home. [11]
Her cousin Waraqah told her not to be
alarmed, for the sun was an indication that
the Prophet would grace her home. [11] At
this, Khadija considered proposing marriage to
her agent. [19] Many wealthy Quraysh men
had already asked for her hand in marriage,
[11] but all had been refused. [20]
Marriage to Muhammad
Khadija entrusted a friend named Nafisa to
approach Muhammad and ask if he would
consider marrying. [21] At first Muhammad
was hesitant because he had no money to
support a wife. Nafisa then asked if he would
consider marriage to a woman who had the
means to provide for herself. [22] Muhammad
agreed to meet with Khadija, and after this
meeting they consulted their respective
uncles. The uncles agreed to the marriage,
and Muhammad's uncles accompanied him to
make a formal proposal to Khadija. [18] It is
disputed whether it was only Hamza ibn
Abdul-Muttalib or only Abu Talib or both who
accompanied Muhammad on this errand. [12]
Khadija's uncle accepted the proposal, and
the marriage took place.
Muhammad and Khadija were married
monogamously for twenty-five years. This
monogamous marriage contrasts with
Muhammad's later practice of polygyny after
Khadija's death. Muhammad's youngest wife,
Aisha , was to be jealous of the affection and
loyalty that Muhammad maintained for Khadija
even after her death. [23]
Children
Muhammad and Khadija had six children. [11]
(Sources disagree about number of children;
Al-Tabari names eight, but most sources only
identify six). [9]
Their first son was Qasim, who died before his
second birthday [24] (hence Muhammad's
kunya Abu Qasim). Khadija then gave birth to
their daughters Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm
Kulthum and Fatima; and lastly to their son
Abd-Allah . Abd-Allah was known as at-Tayyib
("the Good" and at-Tahir ("the Pure" because
he was born after Muhammad declared
himself a prophet. Abdullah also died in
childhood. [11]
Two other children also lived in Khadija's
household.
One was Ali ibn Abi Talib , the son of
Muhammad's uncle, whom Muhammad raised
as his own when Abu Talib was under
financial hardship. [12]
The second was Zayd ibn Harithah , a boy
from the Udhra tribe who had been kidnapped
and sold into slavery. Zayd was a slave in
Khadija's household for several years, until his
father came to Mecca to bring him home.
Muhammad said Zayd should be given a
choice about where he lived. Zayd decided to
remain with Khadija and Muhammad, after
which Muhammad legally adopted Zayd as his
own son. [12]
Becoming the first Muslim
A medal of Khadija seen in
Promptuarii iconum insigniorum
According to the traditional Sunni narrative,
when Muhammad reported his first revelation
from the Angel Gabriel ( Jibril), Khadija was
the first person to convert to Islam . [25] After
his experience in the cave of Hira ,
Muhammad returned home to Khadija in a
state of terror, pleading for her to cover him
with a blanket. After calming down, he
described the encounter to Khadija, who
comforted him with the words: "Allah would
surely protect him from any danger, and would
never allow anyone to revile him as he was a
man of peace and reconciliation and always
extended the hand of friendship to all." [11]
According to some sources, it was Khadijh's
cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, who confirmed
Muhammad's prophethood soon afterwards.
[26]
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 'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib , one of
Muhammad's uncles mentioned above. "When
the sun started rising", he said, "I saw a man
who came out of a place not far from us,
faced the Kaaba 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." He expressed his
amazement at that, saying to Abbas: "This is
quite strange, O Abbas!" "Is it, really?" retorted
al-Abbas. "Do you know who he is?" 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 Abbas said,
"She is Khadija bint Khuwaylid, my nephew's
wife." This incident is included in the books of
both Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Al-Tirmidhi , each
detailing it in his own Ṣaḥīḥ .
Khadija was supportive of Muhammad's
prophetic mission, always helping in his work,
proclaiming his message and belittling any
opposition to his prophecies. [25] It was her
encouragement that helped Muhammad
believe in his mission and spread Islam. [27]
Khadija also invested her wealth in the
mission. When the polytheists and aristocrats
of the Quraysh harassed the Muslims, she
used her money to ransom Muslim slaves and
feed the Muslim community. [28][29]
In 616 the Quraysh declared a trade boycott
against the Hashim clan. They attacked,
imprisoned and beat the Muslims, who
sometimes went for days without food or
drink. [30] Some died and others became
ill. [citation needed ] Khadija continued to
maintain the community until the boycott was
lifted in late 619 or early 620. [12] Death Mausoleum Khadija, Jannatul Mualla cemetery, in Mecca, before its destruction by Saud Khadija died in " Ramadan of the year 10 after the Prophethood", [31] i.e., in April or May 620 CE. Muhammad later called this tenth year "the Year of Sorrow ", as his uncle and protector Abu Talib also died at this time. [32] Khadija is said to have been about sixty-five years old at the time of her death. [33] She was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia . [34] In the years immediately following Khadija's death, Muhammad faced persecution from opponents of his message and also from some who originally followed him but had now turned back. Hostile tribes ridiculed and stoned him. [35] Relatives Sons Abdullah ibn Atiq, [36] probably died in infancy. Hala ibn Abi Hala, probably died before 610. [37] Hind ibn Abi Hala, died after 656. [38] Qasim ibn Muhammad , died in 605 CE, before his second birthday Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad , died in childhood in 615 CE Daughters Zaynab Ruqayyah Umm Kulthum Fatima (605–632), although it is sometimes asserted that she was born during the first year of Muhammad's mission (610–611). She had the by-name "The mother of her father", as she took over caring for her father and being a support to her father once her mother died. [39] She married Ali, who became the fourth Caliph in 656. (According to early debate after the death of Muhammad, some would argue that Ali would be the proper succession to Muhammad.) [40] Ali and Fatimah moved to a small village in Ghoba after the marriage, but later moved back to Medina to live next door to Muhammad. [41] Muhammad forbade Ali to take additional wives because, "What caused pain to his daughter grieved him as well." [42] Fatima died a few months after her father died. All of Muhammad's surviving descendants are by Fatima's children. Muhammad loved her two sons Hasan and Husayn, who would continue his heritage. [42] Sunni Muslims believe that all four of Khadija's daughters were born to Muhammad. [citation needed ] They interpret the following verse as supporting such a view: "O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers...." [43] [citation needed]]] Sunni view The Sunni scholar Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr says: " His children born of Khadīja are four daughters; there is no difference of opinion about that." [44] Abu'l-Qasim al-Kufi writes: 1. Hind bint Atiq. She married her paternal cousin, Sayfi ibn Umayya, and they had one son, Muhammad ibn Sayfi. [37][46] 2. Zaynab bint Abi Hala, who probably died in infancy. [36] The adopted daughters attributed to Muhammad are: 1. Zaynab (c.598–629). She married her maternal cousin Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabee before al-Hijra . [11] 2. Ruqayyah (c.601–624). She was first married to Utbah ibn Abu Lahab and then to the future third Caliph Uthman ibn Affan. [11] 3. Umm Kulthum (c.603–630). She was first married to Utaybah bin Abu Lahab and then, after the death of her sister Ruqayyah, to Uthman ibn Affan. She was childless. Sister Halah bint Khuwailid Cousins Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum Waraqah ibn Nawfal |
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