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    Khadija Bin Khawlid

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    Khadijah was a wealthy and noble widow who was proposed for marriage to Muhammad by her maidservant. Though Muhammad had no wealth or means to pay for a wedding, he readily accepted the proposal. On the appointed day, Muhammad went to Khadijah's house with his uncle and other tribal chiefs, where her uncle finalized the marriage agreement since Khadijah's father had passed. Despite their age difference, with Khadijah being 40 and Muhammad only 25, their marriage was deeply loving and she supported him greatly as his mission as Prophet began, giving him comfort through difficult times. Muhammad remained devoted to Khadijah for 25 years until her death, often remembering her fondly,

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    Khadijah was a wealthy and noble widow who was proposed for marriage to Muhammad by her maidservant. Though Muhammad had no wealth or means to pay for a wedding, he readily accepted the proposal. On the appointed day, Muhammad went to Khadijah's house with his uncle and other tribal chiefs, where her uncle finalized the marriage agreement since Khadijah's father had passed. Despite their age difference, with Khadijah being 40 and Muhammad only 25, their marriage was deeply loving and she supported him greatly as his mission as Prophet began, giving him comfort through difficult times. Muhammad remained devoted to Khadijah for 25 years until her death, often remembering her fondly,

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    Khadijah was a wealthy and noble widow who was proposed for marriage to Muhammad by her maidservant. Though Muhammad had no wealth or means to pay for a wedding, he readily accepted the proposal. On the appointed day, Muhammad went to Khadijah's house with his uncle and other tribal chiefs, where her uncle finalized the marriage agreement since Khadijah's father had passed. Despite their age difference, with Khadijah being 40 and Muhammad only 25, their marriage was deeply loving and she supported him greatly as his mission as Prophet began, giving him comfort through difficult times. Muhammad remained devoted to Khadijah for 25 years until her death, often remembering her fondly,

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    Khadija Bin Khawlid

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    Khadijah was a wealthy and noble widow who was proposed for marriage to Muhammad by her maidservant. Though Muhammad had no wealth or means to pay for a wedding, he readily accepted the proposal. On the appointed day, Muhammad went to Khadijah's house with his uncle and other tribal chiefs, where her uncle finalized the marriage agreement since Khadijah's father had passed. Despite their age difference, with Khadijah being 40 and Muhammad only 25, their marriage was deeply loving and she supported him greatly as his mission as Prophet began, giving him comfort through difficult times. Muhammad remained devoted to Khadijah for 25 years until her death, often remembering her fondly,

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    The Dawn: The Prophet's Marriage With Khadijah

    The maidservant said: "What is it that hinders you from marriage?" "I have nothing," replied the
    Prophet, "in my hands with which I can meet the expenses of the wedding." "But if haply that difficulty is
    removed and you are invited to marry a beautiful and wealthy lady of noble birth who would place you
    in affluence, would you not desire to have her?" "And who," said Muhammad (peace be upon him),
    startled at the novel idea, "might that be?" "It is Khadijah," was the reply. "But how can I have access to
    her?" "Let that be my care," said the maid-servant. The mind of Muhammad (peace be upon him) was at
    once made up and he answered, "I am ready." (1)

    She returned and told Khadijah the whole story. No sooner was she apprised of his willingness to marry
    her, Khadijah sent a message to his uncle and fixed a time when they should meet. On the appointed
    day Muhammad (peace be upon him) along with his uncle Abu Talib and Hamzah and several other
    chiefs of his tribe, went to Khadijah's house. Suhayli, a well-known biographer of Muhammad (peace be
    upon him), asserts that Khuwaylid, the father of Khadijah, had died before the wars of Fijar and it was
    her uncle 'Amr, son of Asad, who gave her hand in marriage to him.

    At the time of her marriage to Muhammad (peace be upon him) Khadijah (may God be pleased with her)
    was forty years old and the Prophet was hardly twenty-five. From this time on for a quarter of a century
    Khadijah remained his angel of hope and consolation. She gave Muhammad (peace be upon him) ease
    of circumstances, freedom from the cares of daily life, strength and comfort of deep mutual love, the
    factors which contributed to the furtherance of the mission of the Prophet.

    In spite of conspicuous difference in age, Muhammad's (peace be upon him) love for Khadijah never
    wavered. When death parted her from the Prophet, after having shared with him for years the trial and
    reproach which greeted him the first years of his preaching, he deeply mourned her death. Once 'Aishah
    asked him if she had been the only woman worthy of his love, Muhammad (peace be upon him) replied
    in an honest burst of tender emotion: "She believed in me when none else did, she embraced Islam
    when people disbelieved me; and she helped and comforted me when there was none to lend me a
    helping hand.1 (2)

    Muhammad's (peace be upon him) grateful and affectionate remembrance of her persisted till the very
    end of his life. He was kind to all her friends and occasionally sent them gifts. "Never was I jealous of any
    of the Prophet's wives, " said 'Aishah, "than I was of Khadijah, although I never saw her; for the Prophet
    remembered her much. Once I hurt his feelings on this issue and he replied gravely, "God has blessed
    me with her love."1

    Khadijah bore the Holy Prophet several children. The first-born was named Qasim after whom, according
    to Arab custom, Muhammad (peace be upon him) received the kunya, Abu al-Qasim, "the father of
    Qasim". Then were born Tayyib and Tahir. All of them died in their infancy. Amongst the daughters
    Ruqayyah was the eldest; then came Zaynab, Umm Kulthum, and last and best known of them all,
    Fatimah.

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