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Hazrat
Muhammad (PBUH)
When he returned to Makkah, Khadijah noticed, in her money,
more profits and blessings than she used to. Her hireling
also told her of Muhammad’s good manners, honesty, deep
thought, sincerity and faith. She realized that she homed at
her target. Many prominent men had asked for her hand in
marriage but she always spurned their advances. She
disclosed her wish to her friend Nafisa, daughter of Maniya,
who immediately went to Muhammad [pbuh] and broke the good
news to him. He agreed and requested his uncles to go to
Khadijah’s uncle and talk on this issue. Subsequently,
they were married. The marriage contract was witnessed by
Bani Hashim and the heads of Mudar. This took place after
the Prophet’s return from Syria. He gave her twenty camels
as dowry. She was, then, forty years old and was considered
as the best woman of her folk in lineage, fortune and
wisdom. She was the first woman whom the Messenger of Allâh
[PBUH] married. He did not get married to any other until
she had died. [ Khadijah bore all his children, except
Ibrahim: Al-Qasim, Zainab, Ruqaiyah, Umm Kulthum, Fatimah
and ‘Abdullah who was called Taiyib and Tahir. All his
sons died in their childhood and all the daughters except
Fatimah died during his lifetime. Fatimah died six months
after his death. All his daughters witnessed Islam, embraced
it, and emigrated to Madinah.
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