22/10/2022
Hazrat KHADIJA (R.A) was one of history’s most remarkable woman, She was an ahl-e-kitab before yet she never worshiped any idol and later became the first lady who accepted Islam by witnessing the prophethood of prophet Muhammad S.A.W
Hazrat Khadija (R.A) was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
She was a successful and esteemed businesswoman.
Hazrat Khadija (R.A) was born to a father who was a successful merchant in their Quraysh tribe of Mecca. She inherited her father’s skills at a time in history when society was male-dominated and dangerous. Upon her father’s death, she took over the business and traded goods through the primary commerce centers at that time from Mecca to Syria and to Yemen
Her business was larger than all of the Quraysh trades combined, and it was the most acclaimed with a reputation of fair-dealing and high-quality goods.
She had a keen eye and was highly intuitive, earning the monikers, Ameerat-Quraysh (“Princess of Quraysh”) and al-Tahira (“The Pure One”) due to her stellar reputation. Khadija knew what she was doing business-wise, never compromising her modesty or integrity to succeed in the male-dominated trades — hiring only those that could meet these standards.
She asked the Prophet (PBUH) to marry her, through her relative.
She was 15 years older than Muhammad.(PBUH)
she was 40 years old when she married Muhammad.(PBUH) He was 25.
Hazrat Khadija (R.A) comforted her husband and encouraged him during the most difficult days of his life. She bore him six children. He loved no one more than Hazrat Khadija (R.A) during his lifetime.
Hazrat Khadija (R.A), the mother of Islam, was the first person on earth to accept Muhammad (PBUH) as the final prophet of God and accept the revelations that culminated into the Holy Quran. She was greeted with “salam” (peace) by God himself as well as the Angel Gabriel.
She spent her worldly riches on the path of Islam for the sake of Allah.
She was so visionary that Muhammad (PBUH) once said that the 4 greatest women of mankind were:
1. Khadija bint Khuwaylid, (R.A)
2. Fatima bint Muhammad (his youngest daughter,) (R.A)
3. Hazrat Maryum bint e Emran. (R.A)
4. Hazrat Asiya (R.A)
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