ℌ𝔞𝔷𝔯𝔞𝔱 𝔎𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔧𝔞 (ℜ.

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By: Ayesha Hassan, Tehreem Fatima, Nawal Fatima and Rubeena Usman
 Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Mother of the Believers
‫خ َويْلِد‬ َ ‫خ ِد‬
ُ ‫يجة ِبنْت‬ َ
Calligraphic name of Khadijah
Born Khadījah bint Khuwaylid"

AD 555
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
present-day Saudi Arabia
Died 10 Ramadan BH 3 in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar
c. 619 (aged 63–64)
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
Resting place Jannat al-Mu'alla, Mecca
Other names Khadījah al-Kubra
Title ʾumm ul-mumineen
Spouse(s) Hind Abi Hala Al-Tamimi (widowed)
Atiq Al-Makhzumi (widowed)
Muhammad
Children Hala ibn Abi Hala
Hind ibn Abi Hala
Hindah bint Atiq
Qasim
Abd-Allah
Zainab
Family:

 Khadijah's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant and leader. According to some/many traditions, he
died c. AD 585 in the Sacrilegious War, but according to others, he was still alive when Khadijah married
Muhammad in 595.[ Khuwaylid also had a sister named Ume Habib Binte Asad. Khadijah's mother, Fatima
Bint Zaidah, who died around AD 575, was a member of the Amir ibn Luay clan of the Quraysh and a third
cousin of Muhammad's mother.
Profession:

 Khadijah was a very successful merchant. It is said that when the Quraysh's trade caravan travelers
gathered to embark upon their summer journey to Syria or winter journey to Yemen, Khadijah's
caravan equalled the caravans of all other traders of the Quraysh put together.[11] Honorifics
associated with Khadijah included, “Ameerat-Quraysh (“Princess of Quraysh“),” “The Pious
One,” and “Khadijah Al-Kubra (“Khadijah the Great”).”[ It is said that she fed and clothed the
poor, assisted her relatives financially and provided marriage portions for poor relations. Khadijah
was said to have neither believed in nor worshipped idols (Taghut), which was atypical for 
pre-Islamic Arabian culture.
 Continuing profession 

Khadijah did not travel with her trade caravans; she employed others to trade on her behalf for a commission. In
595 Khadijah needed a co-worker for a transaction in Syria. She chose Muhammad ibn Abdullah for the trade in
Syria. With the permission of Abu Talib ibn Muttalib, his uncle, he was sent to Syria with one of Khadijah's
servants. This caravan experience earned Muhammad the honorific titles “Al-Sadiq ("the Truthful")” and Al-
Amin ("the Trustworthy" or "Honest"). Khadijah hired Muhammad, who was then 25 years old, sending word
that she would pay double her usual commission 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 Khadijah had expected.  
Marriage to Muhammad:

Khadijah entrusted a friend named Nafisa to approach Muhammad and ask if he would consider marrying. When Muhammad hesitated because
he had no money to support a wife, Nafisa asked if he would consider marriage to a woman who had the means to provide for herself. 
 MUHAMMAD AGREED TO MEET WITH KHADIJAH, 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 KHADIJAH.
IT IS DISPUTED WHETHER IT WAS HAMZA IBN ABDUL-MUTTALIB,
ABU TALIB, OR BOTH WHO ACCOMPANIED MUHAMMAD ON THIS
ERRAND. KHADIJAH'S UNCLE ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL, AND THE
MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE. AT THE TIME OF THE
MARRIAGE MUHAMMAD WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND KHADIJAH WAS
40 YEARS OLD.
Children:

Muhammad and Khadijah may have had six or eight children. (Sources disagree about number of children: 
Al-Tabari names eight; the earliest biography of Muhammad, by Ibn Ishaq, names seven children; most sources
only identify six). Their first son was Qasim, who died after his third birthday (hence Muhammad's kunya Abu
Qasim). Khadijah 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 was declared a prophet by the Angel Gabriel as a direct message from Allah. Abdullah
also died in childhood.
Two other children also lived in Khadijah's household: 
Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son of Muhammad's uncle; and 
Zayd ibn Harithah, a boy from the Udhra tribe who had been
kidnapped and sold into slavery. Zayd was a slave in Khadijah's
household for several years, until his father came to Mecca to take
him home. Muhammad insisted that Zayd be given a choice about
where he lived, and Zayd decided to remain where he was, after
which Muhammad legally adopted Zayd as his own son.