Marriage to
Khadijah
When the Messenger of Allah was
twenty-five, he married Khadijah bint
Khuwaylid, a Qurayshi woman of excellent character who was then forty years
of age. She had a fine intellect, noble character and great wealth. She had
been widowed when her husband, Abu Halah, died.
Khadijah was a
businesswoman who hired men to trade goods for her and gave them a' share of
her profits. The Quraysh were a merchant people. She tested the truthfulness
of the Messenger of Allah, his noble character and his sincerity when he
took some of her goods to Syria to trade. When she was told About his outstanding
competence on this journey she expressed her desire to marry him although she
had refused the offer of many noblemen of the Quraysh.
Messenger of
Allah also wished to marry her. His uncle Hamzah conveyed the khitbah,
the marriage proposal, to Khadijah's family and they all readily agreed to it.
When marriage took place Abu Talib delivered the khutbah at the
ceremony.
Khadijah was the first
woman that the Messenger of Allah married and she bore him all his children
except Ibrahim.
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