how old was khadijah when she married the prophet

[42] The signal omission of any comment on age of Khadija with these authors tells us that the comment with al-Baihaqi was not actually from Mus‘ab but from al-Baihaqi himself or at best his teacher Abu ‘Abdullah al-Hakim who we know opined thus, as already noted. "He is Ali son of Abu Talib. Khadijah is often referred to by Muslims as "Mother of the Believers". Even after Khadija’s death, the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of God be upon him) remembered her often, as she was the mother of his children and his rock from the get-go. In an age where the biographic details of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) have become the subject of a lot of discussion, this new opinion has brought with it the suggestion that the traditional and more well-known opinion is based on apologetic considerations. It is said that Khadija (radi Allahu anha) was aged 40 and the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) 25. [35] Before analyzing the claim let us see the full quote from the work cited in this connection. Khadijah was the first one the Prophet (peace be upon him) called to Allah (Glorified is He), and as a result she entered Islam. Firstly, there are reports that clearly mention the age of Khadija at the time of her marriage with the Prophet, and secondly, there are narrations that mention her age at the time of her death in the tenth year after the proclamation of the message. أخبرنا المنذر بن عبد الله الحزامي عن موسى بن عقبة عن أبي حبيبة مولى الزبير قال: سمعت حكيم بن حزام يقول: تزوج رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – خديجة وهي ابنة أربعين سنة ورسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – ابن خمس وعشرين سنة. وذلك الثبت عند العلماء, The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married Khadija when he was twenty-five years old and she was forty years old. The number of children she bore b [45] Hamidullah, Dr., Le Prophete de l’Islam: Sa Vie et Son Ouvre/ The Life and Work of the Prophet of Islam, Translated by Dr. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi, New Delhi: Adam Publishers, 2007, 49. The first of the wives of the messenger of Allah as most of us know was Khadija (may Allah be pleased with her). Al-Baihaqi (d. 458/1066)) mentions: قال أبو عبد الله: قرأت بخط أبي بكر بن أبي خيثمة قال: حدثنا مصعب بن عبد الله الزبيري قال: أكبر ولد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم القاسم , ثم زينب، ثم عبد الله، ثم أم كلثوم، ثم فاطمة، ثم رقية قال مصعب: هم هكذا: الأول فالأول، ثم مات القاسم وهو أول ميت من ولده، مات بمكة، ثم مات عبد الله، ثم بلغت خديجة خمسا وستين سنة، ويقال خمسين سنة وهو أصح،, Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Hakim] said: I read in the writing of Abu Bakr b. Abi Khaithama that he said: Mus‘ab b. It is generally agreed among historians, both Muslim and orientalist, that at the time of her marriage with the Messenger of Allah – may the peace and blessings of Almighty Allah be upon him – his first wife, Khadija, was forty years old. It was three years before Hijra and Khadija was then sixty-five years old.[9]. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, commonly known as Khadija, was the first wife and first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. By the time she married the Holy Prophet sa, she was 40 years old. Thereafter Mariya bt. وخديجة يومئذ بنت أربعين سنة. After Hala’s husband’s death, Khadijah took care of Hala and (after Hala’s death) Hala’s children. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) married and consummated the marriage with 11 wives: 1. Another possible example can be Umm Ayman who was married to Zaid bin Haritha and bore him Usama bin Zaid when she was nearly sixty years old.[52]. [45], this latter reports [sic] seems preferable on biological grounds, since seven children were born to her from the Holy Prophet. After calming down, he described the encounter to Khadijah, who comforted him with the words that Allah would surely protect him from any danger, and would never allow anyone to revile him as he was a man of peace and reconciliation and always extended the hand of friendship to all. The evidence for the popular Forty-Year opinion is of two types. Abdullah also died in childhood. They attacked, imprisoned and beat the Muslims, who sometimes went for days without food or drink. As already noted Hakim bin Hizam was a nephew of Khadija, though only two years younger to her. [20] Ibn Kathir attributes to al-Waqidi the opinion that Khadija was forty-five years old, al-Sira al-Nabawiya, (Beirut: Dar al-Ma’rifa, 1976) Vol.4, 581. [46] Muhammad migrated to Yathrib (Medina) after Khadijah's death. Khadija had then reached sixty-five years of age; and it was also said that she had reached her fifties and this is more correct.[36]. The True Mother of Believers – Hazrat Khadijah (s.a.) (Serat Online), The Prophet's (PBUH) Marriage to Khadijah (Ahmed El-Kadi). [17], Their first son was Qasim, who died after his third birthday[33][34] (hence Muhammad's kunya Abu Qasim). Hazrat Khadija ra was an esteemed businesswoman who traded through the primary commerce centres at that time. Luckily the work of Mus‘ab b. Dealing with Revisionists' Contentions on the Age of 'Aisha, 3. [32], Muhammad and Khadijah may have had six or eight children. [19], Two other children also lived in Khadijah's household: Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son of Muhammad's uncle; and Zayd ibn Harithah, a boy from the Udhra tribe who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. She had died three years before I married the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Then, our Holy Prophet (PBUH) brought his esteemed wife with him to Abu Talib’s home. "Do you know who he is?" [21] Ibn Sa’d, Muhammad, Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol.8, 13, [22] Al-Baladhuri, Ahmad bin Yahya, Ansab al-Ashraf, Beirut: Dar al-Fekr, 1996, Vol.1, 98, [23] Ibn Habib, al-Muhabbar, Beirut: Dar al-Afaq al-Jadida, n.d., 79, [24] Al-Maqdisi, al-Mutahhir, al-Bad‘ wa al-Tarikh, Port Said: Maktaba Thaqafa al-Diniya, n.d., Vol.4, 138 and Vol.5, 10, [25] Al-Mawardi, Abu al-Hasan, A’lam al-Nubuwwa, Beirut: Maktaba al-Hilal, 1409, 180, [26] Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr, al-Isti’ab fi Ma’rifa al-Ashab, Amman: Dar al-A’lam, 2002, 888 No. she married the Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF). She was 15 years older than Muhammad. There are four reports that establish the Forty-Year opinion. Marriage to the Holy Prophet sa. She provided great consolation to him throughout his life and he continued to remember her in his later years as his most beloved wife. Ghamidi, Muwatta, and the Return of ‘Eisa, Opposition to Rajm (Stoning): Analysis and Refutation. asked he again. KHADIJAH BINT KHUWAYLID RA Umm-al-Mu’minîn (Mother of Believers) Narrated Ali (RA): I heard the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) saying, “Mary, the daughter of Imran, was the best among the women (of the world of her time) and Khadijah is the best amongst the women (of this nation).” Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 58 Hadith 164 The Age of Khadija at the Time of her Marriage with the Prophet, قال أبو عبد الله: قرأت بخط أبي بكر بن أبي خيثمة قال: حدثنا مصعب بن عبد الله الزبيري قال: أكبر ولد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم القاسم , ثم زينب، ثم عبد الله، ثم أم كلثوم، ثم فاطمة، ثم رقية قال مصعب: هم هكذا: الأول فالأول، ثم مات القاسم وهو أول ميت من ولده، مات بمكة،. Khadijah's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant[3] and leader. For the Forty-Year opinion we have three reports from Hakim bin Hizam, one from Nafisa bint Munya, and a report each from al-Zuhri, al-Muttalib bin ‘Abdullah bin Hantab, Hisham bin Muhammad al-Kalbi, Hisham bin ‘Urwa, Muhammad bin Salih, and ‘Abdul Rahman bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz. With the onset of modernity, the biographic details of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) have come under a lot of scrutiny along with, in some cases, attempts at revisionism. [22], According to researchers,[who?] All but one of the narrations for the Forty-Year opinion come through Muhammad bin ‘Umar al-Waqidi who, though severely criticized,[15] is known for his extensive knowledge and is recognized as indispensable when it comes to historical accounts about the biographic details of the companions and the campaigns of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). While al-Hakim (d. 405/1015) gives a narration of Ibn Ishaq (d. 151/768)  in favour of this opinion, it is neither found in Ibn Ishaq’s work on Sirah nor in Ibn Hisham’s better known rendition of the same. [20], Khadijah died in "Ramadan of the year 10 after the Prophethood",[41] i.e., in November AD 619. She gave him love and advice whenever he needed it. His first marriage was to a widow named Khadijah, who had been married twice and whom he married when she was forty years old and he was twenty-five. Based on the narrations of some of the greatest Sunni scholars, Asma’ was ten years older than Ayesha and she was 27 years old in the year 1 AH. This is especially true if we consider the following observation made by an expert of genealogies Al-Zubair bin Bakkar: قال: الزبير وسمعت علماءنا يقولون لا تحمل امرأة بعد ستين سنة إلا من قريش، ولا بعد خمسين إلا عربية. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (Arabic: خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد ‎, Khadījah bint Khuwaylid, born AD 555 – 22 November AD 619), commonly known as Khadija, was the first wife and first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Khadijah was the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, a leader of Quraysh tribe in Mecca, and a successful businesswoman in her own right. This paper is an attempt at doing the same. فقال: كانت خديجة أسن منه بخمس عشرة, Muhammad bin ‘Umar [al-Waqidi] reported that Mughira bin Abdul Rahman al-Asadi narrated from his family, who said: We asked Hakim bin Hizam who was older, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) or Khadija? Muhammad was monogamously married to her for 25 years. Qur’an Preservation Efforts During the Prophet’s Lifetime. Prophet Muhammad (saw) was 50 years old at the time of Hazrat Khadija’s death. He said: Khadija was fifteen years older to him.[4]. وولدت قبل الفيل بخمس عشرة سنة وولدت أنا قبل الفيل بثلاث عشرة سنة. Two of these reports come from Hakim bin Hizam, the nephew of Khadija: أخبرنا محمد بن عمر. Khadijah consulted her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn 'Abdu'l-'Uzza.[16]. عن هشام بن عروة قال: توفيت خديجة بنت خويلد رضي الله عنها وهي ابنة خمس وستين سنة, Hisham bin ‘Urwa said: Khadija bint Khuwaylid died at the age of sixty-five. Besides, Khadija was very rich, and every man in Mecca wanted to marry her for that reason alone. Finances of the Prophet's Family, 2. Reality of ‘Missing’ Qur’anic Verse on Suckling, Two Issues around Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Safiyya, Hadith and Protection of Makkah and Madina from Plague, On meaning of the hadith “there is no contagious disease”, Truth about Jauniyya, the woman who sought refuge from the Prophet (ﷺ), Mothers of the Believers pt.3 | Khadija bint Khuwaylid (pt.1), Seerah of Prophet Muhammed Episode 9 – Marriage to Khadija & Re-building Kaa’ba. It is established that Khadija died in the tenth year after the Prophet’s proclamation of the message, twenty-five years after her marriage with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. The tradition that Khadija was a full 15 years older than Muhammad is unlikely to be true. Sham‘un bore him a son named Ibrahim. Likewise, al-Waqidi reports through the same narrators from the first report above: حكيم بن حزام يقول:  توفيت خديجة بنت خويلد في شهر رمضان سنة عشر من النبوة وهي يومئذ بنت خمس وستين, Hakim bin Hizam said: Khadija bint Khuwaylid died in Ramadan in the tenth year of the Prophethood. According to most authorities Khadija had four daughters and two sons. After the Prophet’s SAW uncle, Abu Talib, had given the proposed marriage his blessing, Muhammad SAW and Khadijah were married. Thereafter, a-Qasim died and he was first of his children to die and he died in Makkah. Khadija (may Allah be pleased with her) was never shy to go after what she wanted. Does the Qur’an say Torah was given for the Egyptians? This has been done by scholars from both the orientalist camp and (mostly) non-traditionalists in the Muslim camp. [35] After his experience in the cave of Hira, Muhammad returned home to Khadijah in a state of terror, pleading for her to cover him with a blanket. Oddly, thirty[1] and forty-five years[2] are also mentioned as her age, but the most widely discussed are the Forty-Year opinion and the Twenty-Eight-Year opinion. According to some Shi‘ite sources, Khadijah and Muhammad together had only one biological daughter, Fatimah. More rec… [16], For the Twenty-Eight-Year opinion, the narration from Ibn ‘Abbas comes through the notorious link “Abu Salih – Muhammad bin Sa’ib al-Kalbi” which falls in the “chain of lies.”[17]. Among the orientalists, Montgomery Watt (d. 2006) says: The age of Khadijah has perhaps been exaggerated. At that time, Hazrat Sawda was 55 years old. Hisham bin Muhammad [al-Kalbi] stated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married Khadija when he was twenty-five years old and Khadija was forty years old.[7]. "[51], The Qur’an (33:59)[52] says: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, "O Prophet! I think it’s just an unnecessary exercise to make the traditional Seerah dubious. Khadijah is often referred to by Muslims as "Mother of the Believers". A number of later scholars have quoted these lines from Mus‘ab’s nephew Zubair al-Bakkar (d. 256/870) and as a rule have nothing on the age of Khadija. The others either belonged to Khadijah's sister or were from a previous marriage and were treated by Muhammad as his own daughters. 463/1071). [31] Muhammad agreed to meet with Khadijah, and after this meeting they consulted their respective uncles. "No, indeed," answered the guest. [22], Along with the narrators of the Forty-Year opinion, the scholars who preferred the Forty-Year opinion by either narrating only this or narrating this positively (bil-jazm) and the other(s) in a doubtful tone (sigha al-tamrid) include: Ibn Habib (d. 245/860)[23], al-Mutahhir al-Maqdisi (d. circa 355/966),[24] al-Mawardi (d. 450/1058),[25] Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463/1071),[26] Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/1201),[27] Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (d. 630/1233),[28] Ibn Sayyid al-Nas (d. 734/1334),[29] Ibn Jam’ah al-Kinani (d. 767/1366),[30] al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1441),[31] al-Malti (d. 920/1514),[32] and al-Zarqani (d. Are the monkeys monogamous... Mahaz Sadiq: I'm not Scholar but today dated 12 November 2020 I tried to... Abdurehman: MashAllah it's an interesting site I like it.... Bela Khan: Masha Allah, very well written and defended. Compared to it the other opinions, including the Twenty-Eight-Year one, are either signally weak, or altogether baseless. Khadijah bint Khualid offered the marriage because of the good personality of the Prophet Muhammad. With the permission of Abu Talib ibn Muttalib, his uncle, he was sent to Syria with one of Khadijah's servants. [14] Khadijah hired Muhammad, who was then 25 years old, sending word that she would pay double her usual commission. ‘Abdullah is extant and has been published. [1] Al-Zarqani, Sharh Mawahib al-Ladinya, Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-‘Ilmiyya, 1996, Vol.4, 364, [2] Al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-Asma’ wa al-Lughat, Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-‘Ilmiyya, Vol.2, 342, [3] Ibn Sa’d, Muhammad, Tabaqat al-Kubra, Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyya, 1990, Vol.8, 13, [7] Al-Tabari, Muhammad bin Jarir, Tarikh al-Rusul wal Muluk, Beirut: Dar al-Turath, 1387 AH, Vol.2, 180, [8] Al-Hakim, Abu ‘Abdullah, al-Mustadrak, Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiya, 1990, Vol.3, 201 No. [40] Khadijah continued to maintain the community until the boycott was lifted in late 619 or early 620. [21] In addition, considering the cultural and intellectual situation in Hijaz and high position and status of Khadijah al-Kubra among other people, it would be highly improbable that she marry men from Banu Tamim and Banu Makhzum (the two “low” tribes). Qur’an says ‘Ask People of the Book’: What and Why? Your email address will not be published. Shi'a scholars believed Khadijah did not marry anyone before Muhammad. [54] The latest estimate is that he was born a year after the proclamation of the message when the Prophet (ﷺ) was forty-one and Khadija fifty-six. [42] Khadijah is said to have been about 65 years old at the time of her death. Zayd was a slave in Khadijah's household for several years, until his father came to Mecca to take him home. ‘Urwah reported: Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “I never felt so jealous about any woman as I did for Khadijah. Muhammad was monogamously married to her for 25 years. Even if, as one of Ibn Sa’d’s authorities says, they came at regular yearly intervals, that would make her forty-eight before the last was born. She was born fifteen years before the Incident of the Elephant and I was born thirteen years before it. The names of the seven children whom she bore to Muhammad are mentioned in the sources – al-Qasim, Ruqayyah, Zainab, Umm Kulthum, Fatimah, ‘Abdallah (at-Tayyib), and at-Tahir; of these the boys all died young. Muhammad ibn Sa‘d states: قال: أخبرنا محمد بن عمر بن واقد الأسلمي. [16], Khadijah married three times and had children from all her marriages. In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: 60d8df3e72b1ed15fc9e95ec059beb6b, 1. Mention of a woman after 40 has some biological limitations to bear children the opinion she... The first wife and first follower of the Elephant. [ 5 Khuwaylid. Signally weak, or altogether baseless to some shi ‘ ite sources, Khadijah did travel. 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