khadijah bint khuwaylid

• Khadija was a


  successful businesswoman
• she was twice


  widowed
• and had children


  from her previous marriages
• she employed the Prophet


  (before prophethood) as a merchant for her
• who did she send with him

  she sent her servant, Maysara,
• after hearing of his trading skills and honesty as a merchant, she sent

  a marriage proposal to him through Nafeesa;
• he accepted after

  consulting his uncle;
• she was 40


  and he was 25;
• hey had six children together,

  her two sons dying in infancy;
• when the Prophet (pbuh) received revelation he came to Khadija trembling-


  saying COVER ME COVER ME
• she reassured him that God


  would not humiliate him;
• she took him to see her cousin who told the Prophet (pbuh) about the angel and that he is a messenger of God

  WARAQA IBN NAWFAL
• she was the first to

  publicly accept Islam;
• she supported the Prophet (pbuh)


  financially;
• ; she died after the

  boycott to Shib-i-Abi Talib;
• the Prophet 's love for her -


  caused jealousy among his other wives
• jibr'il is said to have sent ;

  greetings of peace to her, through the Prophet

  from God and himself
• Khadija was Muhammad's first wife and he chose


  not to marry any other woman during her lifetime.