Khadija Bint Khuwalid

- The Mother of Believers
SIRAH SERIES
 Khadija bint Khuwalid(RA) is the name of Noble Lady who is famous for
intelligence, wealth, humbleness, and for her love and devotion to her Husband
Prophet Mohammad‫ ﷺ‬She stands on the highest place when it comes to the
Foundation of Islam. Khadija Bint Khuwalid was the greatest Support, being a
First Person and First women to accept Islam. She was also the First wife of
Prophet Mohammad‫ ﷺ‬who gained an honorable Title of Umm-Al-Momineen (The
Mother of Believers). She stands as a Role Model for Women in this age and Time
due to her well-organized, educated, and simple personality, elegance, confidence
were her trademarks. She was strong enough to support her family economically,
emotionally and being a housewife, she took good care of her Husband and
Children.
 Khadija bint Khuwalid was also famous as Ammerat­-Quraysh (the Princess of
Quraysh) and Khadija Al­-Kubra (Khadija “The Great) due to her prodigious success
in business and generous attitude towards needy and poor in Makkah. She was
also renowned as Al­-Tahira (the Pure One) due to her Noble and Modest
Personality.
 Prophet Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬ entitled Khadija bint Khuwalid R.A by saying

 ‫ِن َساهِئ َا َخ ِد َجي ُة‬ ُ ‫ َو َخرْي‬، ‫َخرْي ُ ِن َساهِئ َا َم ْرمَي ُ ابْنَ ُة مِع ْ َر َان‬
 “Maryam the Daughter of Imran, was the best among the women (of the world of her
time) and Khadija is the best among the women of (this nation).” (Sahih Bukhari, Book
58­Hadith 164) 
Her Family:

 Khadija Bint Khuwalid RA was born in Makkah. Her Mother name was Fatima Bint
Zayd and her Father was Khuwalid bin Asad. He was a famous leader among the
tribes of Quraysh and a successful Businessman.
 Khadija Bint Khuwalid married Abu Hala Malak and had two Sons Halah and Hind.
After her first Husband died, She married Atique bin Aith and had a daughter
Hindah. Her second Husband also died shortly after. She then started focusing
towards raising her children and nourishing her business in Makkah which
embarked on the highest scale due to her hard work, intelligence and wisdom
blessed from Allah SWT.
Khadija Bint Khuwalid as a successful
Business Woman

 She was a role model for women in the Desert of Arabia where there was no
educational institute for business and accounting to perform well in the Field of
Merchandise.
 In Arabia, women had no social status and were treated as a minority and slaves.
At a time when people buried their infant daughters, her parents gave her
confidence to build her character and encouraged her skills so that she inherited
her Father’s Business. Eventually, managed it to grow and attained prominence in
Makkah using some wise techniques of business.
 This wise lady employed trade agents to travel with her caravans and trade on her
behalf. These agents received commissions as per their sales upon their return
from trips.
 It is said that when Banu Quraysh’s trade caravans gathered to embark on their
lengthy journey either to Syria during the Summer or Yamen in the winter, Khadija’s
Caravan equaled the Caravans of all Quraish put together.
 Her wise and pure-mannered personality attracted Noble rich of society to
propose her for marriage. But it seemed that her previous marriage experiences
made her refuse to agree to any of the proposals. Her pre-occupation with her
business and other obligations might also have been another reason for her
refusal of these proposals. She remained unmarried until she got older and
approached the age of forty.
 The popularity of the name of the Trustworthy (Mohammad) ‫ﷺ‬ who was a model
of good conduct reached her. Khadija Bint Khuwalid had keen observational skills
in choosing wise and intelligent employee for her business. She decided to hire
Prophet Mohammad ‫ ﷺ‬as a trade agent for her next Business trip to Syria.
 What she heard from her servant, Maysarah regarding Mohammad’s excellent
manners in buying and selling and how he made big profits, created in her a great
interest in him. This led her to send someone to him to indirectly express her
interest in marrying him.
Marriage with Prophet ‫ﷺ‬

 The marriage took place between her and Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬ and both were delighted
because of the same conducts they shared and their hearts also shared the same feeling.
Their marriage is enough to break stereotypes about Islam, it might intrigue you to know
that she was 40 years old when she married Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬who was just 25.
 If we look with Khadijah’s (may Allah be pleased with her) perspective, it is clear that she
preferred uprightness and noble integrity to the wealth. It enlightens Khadija’s insight that
Allah SWT had blessed her for all affairs.
 Khadijah RA bore him 6 children. She had two sons Al-­Qasim and Abdullah. Both died in
infant age. Later they were blessed with four Daughters successively Zaynab, Ruqayyah,
Umm­e­Kulthoom and Fatima (may Allah SWT Pleased with them all). In everyday life,
parents commonly put their efforts to raise children to attain worldly rewards.Khadija Bint
Khuwalid raised her daughters in such manners as they ranked among the best women