About Khadija
Khadijah bint Khuwailid ( Arabic : خديجة بنت خويلد ) (555 AD - 619 AD) was the wife of the Prophet Muhammad Khadijah was the son of Khuwaylid and Fatima bint Asad ibn Za'idah and including the tribe of Banu Hashim . Before he married, he had a wife and Abid Atiq bin Malik bin Abi Halah and has had four children, two with her husband named Atiq, namely Abdullah and Jariyah, with her husband and two Hind and Abu Halah namely Zainab.
Marriage To Muhammad
Khadija entrusted a friend named Nafisa to approach Muhammad and ask if he
would consider marrying. 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. 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. It is disputed whether it was only Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib or only Abu Talib
or both who accompanied Muhammad on this errand. 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.
Becoming the First Muslim
Khadija entrusted a friend named Nafisa to approach Muhammad and ask if he would consider marrying. 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. 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. It is disputed whether it was only Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib or only Abu Talib or both who accompanied Muhammad on this errand. 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.
According to the traditional Sunni narrative, when Muhammad reported his first revelation from the Angel (Jibril), Khadija was the first person to convert to Islam. 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 Khadijah, 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." According to some sources, it was Khadijah's cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, who confirmed Muhammad's prophethood soon afterwards.
DEATH
Khadija died in "Ramadan of the year 10 after the Prophethood", 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. Khadija is said to have been about sixty-five years old at the time of her death.She was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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.
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