Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

E28128

Muslim businesswoman historical figure wife of Muhammad

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid was a wealthy and respected Meccan businesswoman who became the first person to embrace Islam and a key supporter of the Prophet Muhammad.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim → businesswoman → historical figure → wife of Muhammad →
ageAtMarriageToMuhammad	approximately 40 years →
ageDifferenceWithMuhammad	older than Muhammad →
ArabicName	خديجة بنت خويلد →
burialPlace	cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca →
businessActivity	caravan trade →
child	Abdullah ibn Muhammad → Fatimah bint Muhammad → Qasim ibn Muhammad → Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → Zaynab bint Muhammad →
clan	Banu Asad →
commemoratedIn	Islamic tradition →
employed	Muhammad as a trade agent before marriage →
ethnicity	Arab →
father	Khuwaylid ibn Asad →
fullName	Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ibn Asad →
gender	female →
givenName	Khadijah →
honorific	Mother of the Believers (Umm al-Mu'minin) → Sayyidat Nisa al-Jannah →
householdRole	first matriarch of the household of Muhammad →
knownFor	being a wealthy Meccan merchant → being the first person to embrace Islam → supporting the Prophet Muhammad →
lifePeriod	early Islamic period → pre-Islamic Arabia →
maritalStatusBeforeMuhammad	widow →
marriageOrderToMuhammad	first wife →
mother	Fatimah bint Za'idah →
occupation	businesswoman → merchant →
placeOfBirth	Mecca →
placeOfDeath	Mecca →
precededBy	pre-Islamic monotheist tendencies in Mecca →
religion	Islam →
religiousStatus	first believer in Muhammad’s prophethood →
residence	Mecca →
spouse	Muhammad →
supported	Muhammad’s prophetic mission emotionally → Muhammad’s prophetic mission financially → early Muslim community in Mecca →
title	Mother of the Believers →
tribe	Quraysh →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abdullah ibn Muhammad → Fatimah bint Muhammad → Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → Zaynab bint Muhammad →	mother
Hasan ibn Ali → Husayn ibn Ali →	grandmother
Fatimah bint Muhammad → Zaynab bint Muhammad →	relative
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ("خديجة بنت خويلد") →	ArabicName
Qasim ibn Muhammad →	childOf
Umm Salama ("Khadija bint Khuwaylid") →	companionsWith
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib →	contemporaryOf
Muhammad →	firstWife
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ("Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ibn Asad") →	fullName
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ("Khadijah") →	givenName
Quraysh ("Khadija bint Khuwaylid") →	notableMember
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad →	notableRelative