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HADHRAT SAYYEDAH KHADIJAH
Book Title Hadhrat Sayyedah Khadijah
Book AuthorRashid Ahmad Chaudhry
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HADHRAT SAYYEDAH KHADIJAH 

(May Allah be pleased with Her) Ummul-Mo’mineen Hadhrat Sayyedah Khadijah”, the first wife of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, belonged to the noble family of Quraish.

Her father’s name was Khuwailid and her mother’s name was Faatimah. Khadijah was born in 555 AD.

Thus she was fifteen years older than the Holy Prophet”w. Her father was a well-known chief of Makkah.

He was a successful merchant who traded in oils, linen, perfumes and other rare merchandise. He lived in a two-storey house beside a hillock not far from the Ka’bah.

 From her childhood Hadhrat Khadijah possessed noble qualities. She grew up into a pious, quiet and intelligent young woman. Due to her moral virtues the people of Makkah had conferred on her the title “Taahirah”, which means the ‘Pure’, or the “Virtuous’. She had a tender and compassionate heart. She was generous with her money and used to help the poor, the needy, the orphans and the widows. 

It is related that on one occasion Haleemah’a of Banu Sa’d tribe, the woman who nursed Muhammad in his childhood, came to see him after his marriage to Khadijah. Muhammad had spent five years with Banu Sa’d tribe and retained a grateful impression of the 

kindness, he had experienced as a child among that tribe. He therefore showed great regard for Haleemahra when she came.

He had often spoken fondly of her to Khadijah”. Khadijah”a was also delighted to see her.

 It was a year of drought and the crops, trees and even the wild plants died for lack of water. The animals were reduced to skeletons and many died because of hunger.

There was shortage of food in the country and the people were worried. Haleemahla stayed with the family of the Holy Prophet for some time.

When she decided to go back to her people, Khadijah gave her a she-camel and forty sheep. Haleemahra and her family were ever so grateful for that generosity. 

FAMILY BACKGROUND 

QUSAYY 

If one traces back the family tree of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and that of Hadhrat Khadijaht“, one will find that Qusayy was their common ancestor.

Qusayy lived about a century and a half before the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Khuwailid, father of Hadhrat Khadijah, was the great grandson of Qusayy, while Abdul Muttallib, the grandfather of the Holy ProphetSaw, was also the great grandson of Qusayy.

These two families had other links as well.

The maternal grandmother of Aaminah, the mother of the Holy Prophetsaw, was a sister of Khuwailid. Moreover Safiyahra, an aunt of the Holy Prophetsaw, was married to ‘Awwaam, brother of Hadhrat Khadijaha. Qusayy was a man of remarkable character and intelligence. He brought together the disunited clans of the Quraish.

 In his days, Makkah was a small town. There were no permanent houses. People used to live in tents. Qusayy persuaded the Quraish to build houses around the Ka’bah leaving enough space for the pilgrims to walk around the ancient building of the Ka’bah. Qusayy is thus regarded as the founder of the city of Makkah.

He allotted specific duties to each clan of the Quraish tribe in connection with the service of the Ka’bah, the regulations of the pilgrimage, and the administration of the city.

He erected a building right opposite the Ka’bah, called Daar-un-Nadwah, or House of Consultation, where leaders of the Quraish used to gather for consultation in matters of importance and where tribal policies were discussed in public.

Qusayy thus founded a democratic form of Government in Makkah as well as in the surrounding areas.

The House of Consultation was also used for social gatherings. The people of Makkah used to perform their marriage ceremonies in this building. 

In the sixth century, the Quraish tribe began to play a leading role in trade with the neighbouring countries.

 Their trade caravans travelled as far as Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq and Persia in the north and to The Yemen and Abyssinia in the south.

There was also a certain amount of trade with India and China. The Arab traders used to supply luxury items like pearls, ivory, diamonds, silks, weapons, dyes and pepper. 

From the seaports of Aden and Mocha, the bales of goods were taken from the ships and loaded on camels. Sometimes the caravan consisted of one thousand camels, which made the long journey from the seaports to Makkah and then to Damascus in Syria and beyond.

Makkah was prosperous because of the profits derived from the trade and because of the sanctity of the Ka’bah, the House of Allah, which had been a centre of pilgrimage for ages. The religious rites of the 

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