Biography of KHADIJAH BINT KHUWAYLID (رضي الله عنها)
Khadijah was the Mother of the Believers and the leader of all the women of the world during her era.
She is the mother of al-Qasim, the daughter of Khuwaylid bin Asad bin 'Abdil-'Uzza bin Qusayy bin Kilab al-Qurashi al-Asadi.
She is the mother of the children of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
She was the first person to believe in him.
She gave credence to him before anyone else.
She made his heart firm.
She took him to her uncle Waraqah.
Her virtues are extraordinary.
She is from those women who achieved excellence and distinction.
She was intelligent, religious, modest, and noble.
She is from the inhabitants of Paradise.
The Prophet ﷺ used to praise her and favor her over the other Mothers of the Believers.
He would go to great lengths to laud her, to the extent that 'A'ishah said:
Never did I feel jealous of any woman as I felt in the case of Khadijah.
This was due to the Prophet mentioning her often.
From her noble traits is that she was the first woman the Prophet ﷺ married.
She bore a number of his children, and he never married another woman while married to her.
He did not marry another woman until she died.
She was a blessed Companion.
She would spend her wealth on him.
The Prophet ﷺ conducted business and trade on her behalf.
Allah ordered him to give her glad tidings of a palace in Paradise made from jewels in which there is no noise and no toil.
Her Marriage:
Jubayr bin Mut'im stated,
"Khadijah's paternal uncle 'Amr bin Asad married her to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Khadijah's father died in the war of al-Fijar.
The Prophet ﷺ was 25 years old while Khadijah was 40 years old."
Khadijah was previously married to Halah bin Zurarah at-Tamimi and then to Atiq bin 'Abid bin 'Abdillah, then she married the Prophet ﷺ.
A'ishah said that Khadijah died before the prayer was made obligatory.
It has been said that she passed away during the month of Ramadan, and she was buried in al-Hajun at the age of 65.
'A'ishah said,
"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would mention Khadijah, he would not grow tired of praising her and seeking forgiveness for her.
One day, he mentioned her and jealousy overcame me.
I said, 'Allah has exchanged something better for you than an old woman.'
I saw that this made him very upset.
Thus, my temper was removed.
I said to myself, 'O Allah, if you remove the displeasure that Your Messenger has for me, I will not speak unfavorably about her again.'
When the Prophet ﷺ saw how I was affected, he said, "How can you say this?
By Allah, she believed in me when the people belied me.
She accepted me when the people rejected me.
And I have been granted children from her while I have not been granted children from other than her."
Ibn Ishaq said,
"Calamities came consecutively to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the death of Abu Talib and Khadijah.
And Khadijah was the epitome of honesty.
Her lineage connects to the lineage of the Prophet ﷺ at Quşayy bin Kilab.
She was a business investor, thus she presented a business opportunity to the Prophet ﷺ to take some of her wealth to Sham to conduct trade.
The Prophet went to Sham with the freed slave of Khadijah named Maysarah.
He sold the product she had sent with him and increased her wealth.
She sent word to him that she was interested in marrying him.
thus, he married her and gave her 20 camels as a dowry."
Khadijah's children from the Prophet ﷺ are:
al-Qasim, at-Tayyib, and at-Tahir, who all died during their suckling years.
And Ruqayyah, Zaynab, Umm Kulthum, and Fatimah.
Ibn Is'haq narrated,
"Khadijah said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, 'Are you able to inform me when your Companion (Jibril) arrives?'
He said, 'Yes.'
When he came, he said, 'O Khadijah, Jibril is here.'
She said, 'Sit on your right thigh.
Do you see him?'
He said, 'Yes.'
She said, 'Sit on your left thigh.
Do you see him?'
He said, 'Yes.'
Then she covered him with her garment and she lay under her garment with him and said, 'Do you see him?'
He replied, 'No.'
She said, 'Receive the good news that, by Allah, this is surely an angel and not a devil."
(Because the devil would not have been ashamed to look at him while he was under a woman's garment.)
Abu Hurayrah said:
Jibril came to the Prophet and said,
“O Messenger of Allah, Khadijah is bringing you a dish with some food or drink.
When she arrives, convey to her the salam from her Lord and from me.
And give her glad tidings of a palace in Paradise made from jewels, in which there is no noise and no toil."
[Sahih al Bukhari 3820]
The best women of mankind:
- Anas bin Malik said,
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
حَسْبُكَ مِنْ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ : مَرْيَمُ ابْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ، وَخَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ، وَفَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَآسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ .
Sufficient for you among the women of mankind are Maryam bint 'Imran, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Fatimah bint Muhammad, and Asiyah the wife of Pharaoh.
[Jami' at Tirmidhi 3878]
- The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ بَعْدَ مَرْيَمَ فَاطِمَةُ، وَخَدِيجَةُ، وَامْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ آسِيَةُ .
The leaders of the women of Paradise are Maryam, Fatimah, Khadijah, and Asiyah the wife of Pharaoh.
[Collected by al-Hakim (3/185)]
- Ali said,
“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:
خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ .
"The best woman of her era is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, and the best woman of her era was Maryam bint 'Imran."
[Sahih al Bukhari 7/101]
Her death:
Al-Waqidi said,
"The boycott against the clan of Banu Hashim ended three years before the migration, then Abu Talib (the uncle of the Prophet ﷺ) died, and Khadijah died a month and five days before him."
Al-Hakim said, "She died three days after Abu Talib."
'A'ishah said that Khadijah died before the prayer was made obligatory.
Al-Waqidi said that she passed away during the month of Ramadan and she was buried in al-Hajun.
Qatadah and 'Urwah said that she died three years prior to the migration to Madinah.
End.
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Some Notes from the book 📙
Chapter Khadijah Bint Khuwaylid:
- Khadijah was the mother of all his children except Ibrahim, whose mother was Mariyah.
- This war between Arab tribes began during the Pre-Islamic Days of Ignorance, 33 years before the migration, and it lasted for 10 years.
- Az-Zubayr bin Bakkar said, "During the Pre-Islamic Days of Ignorance, Khadijah was known as 'the Pure One' (at-Tahirah).
Her mother was Fatimah bint Za'idah al-'Amiriyah."
- Shaykh 'Izz ad-Din bin al-Athir said,
"The Muslims have agreed that Khadijah was the first person to enter Islam."
- Az-Zuhri said, "The first people to believe in Allah and His Messenger ﷺ were Khadijah, Abu Bakr, and 'Ali.
- (Al Waqidi) is Abu Abdillah Muhammad bin Umar bin Waqid al Aslami, an islamic historian who died in 207 AH.
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