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Khadjia
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According to Muslim sources, Khadijah was the first person Muhammad spoke to about his initial, terrifying experience of revelation.
She consoled him and became the first convert to Islam. She remained a confidant and source of support throughout their entire marriage.
Profession
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Honourifics associated with Khadijah included, “Ameerat-Quraysh (“Princess of Quraysh“),” “The Pious One,” and “Khadijah Al-Kubra (“Khadijah the Great”).
It is said that she fed and clothed the poor, assisted her relatives financially and provided marriage portions for poor relations.
Khadijah was said to have neither believed in nor worshipped idols (Taghut), which was atypical for pre-Islamic Arabian culture.
Khadijah did not travel with her trade caravans; she employed others to trade on her behalf for a commission.
Family
Khadijah's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant and leader. According to some/many traditions, he died c. AD 585 in the Sacrilegious War, but according to others, he was still alive when Khadijah married Muhammad in 595.
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Khadijah's mother, Fatima bint Za'idah, who died around AD, was a member of the Amir ibn Luann clan of the Quraysh and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother
Death
Khadijah died in "Ramadan of the year 10 after the Prophethood", i.e., in November AD 619.
Muhammad later called this tenth year "the Year of Sorrow", as his uncle and protector Abu Talib also died at this time.
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She was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.