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Khadijah

Umm Hind(Tahira)

خديجة بنت خويلد

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid bin Asad bin 'Abdul-'Uzza bin Qua'syy bin Kilab b. Murrah

Recitation/Quran
Biography
Successful businesswoman, wife of Prophet Muhammad and the first person to convert to Islam. \r\nThe Prophet (saw) married her when he was twenty-five years old. She bore all the Prophet's children except Ibraheem, and was the Prophet's only wife while she lived. She died at the age of 65, in the month of Ramadan, ten years after the Prophet ft began his mission, and was buried in Hajoon.

Father

Khawaylid bin Asad

Mother

Fatima bint Za'idah of B.'Amir b. Lu'ayy

Spouses (3)

Abu Halah-Malik bin al-Nabash al-TamimiAtique bin AithProphet Muhammad(saw)

Siblings (4)

Awwam ibn KhuwaylidNawful bin KhuwaylidHalah bint KhuwaylidHizam bin Khuwaylid
Classical References
  • ·al-Isabah — Ibn Hajarp. 19-30
  • ·al-Tabaqat (additional) — Ibn Sa'dp. 27-35

1[pg:19-30],13[pg:27-35]

Life Details

Born

70 BH/556 CE

Birth City

Makkah

Died

3 BH/619 CE

Death City

Makkah

Cause

Natural

Scholarly Profile

Narrator Grade

No Doubt

Areas of Interest

Recitation/Quran
External Reference