Islamic Timeline of RevelationOpen in flowchart →Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA)
خديجة بنت خويلد
The Prophet's first wife and the first person to believe in him, a respected merchant of Quraysh. She was the mother of all his children except Ibrahim, and he never married another wife during her lifetime.
Biography
Khadijah, a noble and wealthy merchant, employed the young Muhammad ﷺ in trade and then proposed marriage; he was about 25. When the first revelation came, she comforted him with the words 'Allah will never disgrace you; you keep ties of kinship...' and took him to her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal (Sahih Bukhari 3). She supported the mission with her wealth and endured the boycott.
Sahih hadith report that Jibril conveyed Allah's salam to her with glad tidings of a house in Paradise, that she was the best of the women of her time, and that the Prophet ﷺ continued to remember her with love after her death, to the point that Aisha said she was jealous of no woman as she was of Khadijah (Sahih Bukhari; Sahih Muslim). Her age at marriage (commonly said 40) is from sirah sources and is debated (some reports say 28).
Sources & explanation
۞ Qur'an
No specific verses cited for this node.
📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3 Sahih
The beginning of revelation in the cave of Hira ('Iqra'), the Prophet ﷺ returning to Khadijah, and Waraqah ibn Nawfal recognising the Namus that came to Musa.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3815 Sahih
'The best of its women was Maryam, and the best of its women is Khadijah.'
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3820 Sahih
Jibril conveyed Allah's greeting to Khadijah and glad tidings of a house of pearl in Paradise.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3818 Sahih
Aisha said she was never as jealous of any wife as of Khadijah, because the Prophet ﷺ remembered her so often.
💬 Explanation Unverified
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective
Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Bukhari 3 and the virtues reported in Sahih Bukhari/Muslim are the basis; the age at marriage is presented as disputed.
Further references
- Sahih Bukhari 3
- Sahih Bukhari & Muslim (virtues of Khadijah)
Connections
Leads to
- al-Qasim ibn Muhammad (RA) mother of — Child
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad (al-Tayyib, al-Tahir) (RA) mother of — Child
- Zaynab bint Muhammad (RA) mother of — Child
- Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (RA) mother of — Child
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (RA) mother of — Child
- Fatimah al-Zahra bint Muhammad (RA) mother of — Child
Linked with
- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ married — Wife (marriage)