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| Khadija had six children from her marriage to the Prophet Muhammad, two sons and four daughters. All six children were born before Muhammad started preaching Islam. The first son, ], died when he was two. Muhammad was nicknamed Abu Qasim, meaning the father of Qasim. The younger son was named Abdullah. Some ] historians argue that some of her daughters were from her previous marriage, while others insist that all her children were by Muhammad. | Khadija had six children from her marriage to the Prophet Muhammad, two sons and four daughters. All six children were born before Muhammad started preaching Islam. The first son, ], died when he was two. Muhammad was nicknamed Abu Qasim, meaning the father of Qasim. The younger son was named Abdullah. Some ] historians argue that some of her daughters were from her previous marriage, while others insist that all her children were by Muhammad. | ||
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Her oldest daughter Zainab embraced Islam before her husband and migrated from ] to ]; she died in about ]. Her other two daughters, Ruqayya, and Umm Khulthum, were married to two sons of Muhammad's uncle and a bitter enemy, ], who is condemned in chapter 111 of the ]. Both daughters were divorced in retaliation after Muhammad started preaching Islam. Ruqayya married ], who later became the third ], and she migrated with him to the city of ] in ] when Muslims were being persecuted in Mecca. She later returned to Medina and died in about ]. ] then married her sister Umm Khulthum, who died in about ], without children. Her fourth daughter ] was married to ], later the fourth Caliph. | ||
| Khadija's distant cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, was a monk and a convert to the ] ] sect. When Muhammad reportedly started receiving revelations, Waraqah identified him as the Prophet. Some polemicists claim that most ideas brought to Muhammad concerning Christian beliefs were obtained through contact with Nestorians, even though Waraqah ibn Nawfal died almost immediately after recognizing Muhammad as a Prophet. | Khadija's distant cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, was a monk and a convert to the ] ] sect. When Muhammad reportedly started receiving revelations, Waraqah identified him as the Prophet. Some polemicists claim that most ideas brought to Muhammad concerning Christian beliefs were obtained through contact with Nestorians, even though Waraqah ibn Nawfal died almost immediately after recognizing Muhammad as a Prophet. | ||
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Khadija (Arabic: خديجه ) was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad. A Jew, according to traditions she became the first female convert to Islam, the new religion Muhammad had begun to preach.
After her first husband Hala al-Taminia died, she married Otayyik. When he also died, she was approximately 40 years old and proposed the idea of marriage to the 25 years old Muhammad. She married him in the year 595. She supported him throughout his mission to spread Islam and he took no other until after her death out of love for her. The year of her death is known as the "Year of Grief", because of the devastation it caused the Prophet.
Khadija's age at the time of her marriage is traditionally thought of as forty. However, it must be pointed out that the union produced six children, something which would have been unlikely at the time for a woman over forty and difficult even with modern medicine. This points to either a much younger Khadija, or supports the assertion that her older daughters were from a previous marriage.
Khadija had six children from her marriage to the Prophet Muhammad, two sons and four daughters. All six children were born before Muhammad started preaching Islam. The first son, Qasim ibn Muhammad, died when he was two. Muhammad was nicknamed Abu Qasim, meaning the father of Qasim. The younger son was named Abdullah. Some Muslim historians argue that some of her daughters were from her previous marriage, while others insist that all her children were by Muhammad.
Her oldest daughter Zainab embraced Islam before her husband and migrated from Mecca to Medina; she died in about 630. Her other two daughters, Ruqayya, and Umm Khulthum, were married to two sons of Muhammad's uncle and a bitter enemy, Abu Lahab, who is condemned in chapter 111 of the Qur'an. Both daughters were divorced in retaliation after Muhammad started preaching Islam. Ruqayya married Uthman ibn Affan, who later became the third caliph, and she migrated with him to the city of Axum in Ethiopia when Muslims were being persecuted in Mecca. She later returned to Medina and died in about 624. Uthman then married her sister Umm Khulthum, who died in about 631, without children. Her fourth daughter Fatima was married to Ali ibn Abi Talib, later the fourth Caliph.
Khadija's distant cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, was a monk and a convert to the Nestorian Christian sect. When Muhammad reportedly started receiving revelations, Waraqah identified him as the Prophet. Some polemicists claim that most ideas brought to Muhammad concerning Christian beliefs were obtained through contact with Nestorians, even though Waraqah ibn Nawfal died almost immediately after recognizing Muhammad as a Prophet.
See also
- Waraqah ibn Nawfal, cousin.
- Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was a cousin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.
- Ruqayyah, daughter
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, daughter