Talk:Khadija bint Khuwaylid

Khadijah's Beliefs Prior to Conversion

I was looking for this article to find some information regarding Khadijah's religious belief's prior to her conversion to Islam, and I can't find anything. I think this article should have something because I've heard some wacky theories that she was a Catholic who gave Muhammad the idea to base the religion on Christianity and I don't think that's true, but I can't find anything to the contrary. 69.149.82.42 19:27, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

She was a monethiset!--79.69.104.119 (talk) 19:27, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Info omitted

Some information was lost in this edition. --Striver 21:10, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

It is NOT clear that she was 40

Khadija's age, and the number of children she bore, and to whom, are hotly contested by Sunni and Shi'a polemicists. People have been trying to wrench the article one way or the other. We need to have both sides represented. We give the Sunni arguments and the Shi'a arguments. Then the reader can decide. Can some other editor help with this? Zora 10:10, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

It is because it is not clear if she was born in 555 (that will make her 40 year old) or 570 (that will make her just 25). Hassanfarooqi 21:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I am afraid that some anti-Islamic racist group has come up with a song claiming that Muhummud married his wife when she was 6 years old, but did not take her to bed until she was 9, and that he was a pedophile. These claims, which from my limited knowledge of Islam and the Koran, I knew where wrong from the outset, have been posted, unfortunately, on YouTube. Without quality control or significant public record of debate - often from uninformed people who simply repeat assertions made by others - these videos are allowed to go unhindered as truth.

Although the impact on the large majority of citizens will be negligable, there are some groups which I believe are at risk. Especially young Christian youths.

Wikipedia is often a second port of call for these YouTube viewers, so we need to clear up debate on the issue of Muhammud's wifes age to refute these arguments.

Simple removal of anti-Islamic videos is a violation of freedom of speach (aka the freedom to talk bu11sh*t), and only leads to other radical claims.

--Mohammad did indeed marry a girl who was 6 years old. Her name was Aisha, and she later became one of the most influential and important of all of Mohammed's wives, (he had about 6-7 by the end). This is completely factually accurate. He also did sleep with her at the age of 9, this is also true, and any good Muslim, Shi'a or Sunni will tell you that it is true. The truth is that he was not a pedophile, it was a political marriage to a friend's daughter solidify his position. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.69.178.188 (talk) 18:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

It was not a political marriage by intention. The order of the marriage came from the God and Muhammad(peace be upon him) initially did not say yes to Abu Bakr (peace be upon him), Ayesha(peace be upon her)'s father's proposal because she was not old enough to decide. Muhammad(peace be upon him) waited til she became old enough to consent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.255.34 (talk) 08:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Khadija's age is debated!--79.69.104.119 (talk) 19:29, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

POVs

When he married, the Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) did not seek young virgins, women with no previous sexual experience, or members of his family. Since neither he nor Khadijah were Muslims at the time they married, the question of being Muslim did not arise. His first choice was a twice-married 40-year-old lady with at least 4 children. Marrying when he was 25, he remained monogamous until her death 25 years later. He never considered taking another wife, although all his friends, uncles, and peers were polygamous. [1]

--Striver 02:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Also, some info was lost here --Striver 02:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

More info: Lubaba bint al-Harith - Claimed to be second woman, the same day as her close friend Khadijah

--Striver 03:27, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Information regarding Waraqah ibn Nawfal should be moved to his entry. --Islami 00:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Missing info

The Quran states [33:59] that Prophet Muhammad has daughters (three or more).

I looked at different English translations of the Qur'an (in reference to Surah 33 Verse 59), and nowhere in any of them does it state the number of daughters that he had. Although there is mention of the idea that he had some (i.e. more than one). Silver crescent 18:36, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

In fact, that verse use the word (بناتك) "your daughters" which is plural. Plural in Arabic language can refer to three or more, while in English it can refer to two or more.

BTW, is there a standard way to put a reference to a Quranic verse? There is one for the Bible (using Bible Gateway) but I would like to know if there is a similar thing for the Quran.

--Islamic 20:25, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh okay, thanks for clearing that up. In regards to using Qur'anic verses as references, I'm not sure as to whether or not there's a standard. But I mostly use this site, since it consists of more than one English translation after another, by three different individuals (i.e. Pickthall, Shakir and Yusuf Ali). Silver crescent 00:09, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Name change

When was it decided (and voted on) that the page name should be moved from Khadijah bint Khuwaylid to Khadijah binte Khuwaylid? Stoa 22:15, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

It's the correct name. Right now it reads "Khadija daughter Khuwaylid". Binte = daughter of.

It looks like someone changed it back. Can someone please fix it? -John Rigali 20:52, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Either is technically correct, but she was known as Khadijah bint Khuwaylid!--79.69.104.119 (talk) 19:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Older version

When i just looked back, i see that some time ago, i made a redirect that messed with history. Sorry.

I in this version, we see:

Khadija's distant cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, was a monk and a convert to Nestorian Christian sect. When Muhammad reportedly started receiving revelation, Waraqah identified him as the Prophet.

And in this version, we see:

A follower of Judaism, according to traditions she became the first female convert to Islam, the new religion Muhammad had begun to preach.

Those edits are now not present. Are they accurate? Sources? --Striver 00:10, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Both were incorrect. First, Waraqah was a close cousin, and not a distant one. Second, there were no Jews in Mecca. Probably the confusion is because Muhammed married a Jewish convert to Islam named Safia when he migrated to Medina. Hassanfarooqi 21:18, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

The problem with using the Quran as historical text, is that whilst it can support historical data, it should not be a replacement for historical data. was Khadijah's distant cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, a monk and a convert to Nestorian Christian sect? What was Khadijah's previous religion? When the article refers to Muhammed and Khatijah facing the Kabah when they received the revelation, was this before or after the Kaabah was transformed? Please clear this up. —Preceding

--Mindline (talk) 14:03, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Questionable edits

Bro, you messed up the age reference, it only sources that one singel age. Also, you cant use a wikipedia-clone as a souce.

Hi,

I'm actually not a bro ... Because each one of the references in the first sentence (for example) consist of the number 1, I didn't think that they had to be repeated several times in the same line if they came from the same source, which is why I made the edit(s) that I did. As for the wikipedia clone, I wasn't sure as to whether or not it was one since I didn't notice the disclaimer at the time. Regardless, I added a citation from another site to back up the info instead. Silver crescent 19:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks... Sis, i presume :). I know that it can look messy, but puting a [1] at the end is missleading, everying there can not be found in the source. Therefore, it necesary to put the [1] directly after the necesary part. --Striver 19:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Parentage

According to the Khuwaylid ibn Asad article, Khadijah is his daughter. According to this article, she is the daughter of Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, Khuwaylid's father. Which is it? -John Rigali 20:52, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

His father was Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abdul Uzza bin Qusayy. In other words Asad bin Abdul Uzza bin Qusayy was his grandfather, not father. Hassanfarooqi 17:13, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Issue of neutrality

The phrase "out of his love for her" when used to explain why Mohammed remained faithful to Khadija is disputable. There are many viable alternatives, and that phrase is definately more a matter of opinion and not fact. It should at least hint at that being one of many outside opinions.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.94.103 (talk • contribs) It's fixed now.  dmyersturnbull  ⇒ talk 18:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Converted from?

Perhaps I missed it in the article, but from what belief system did she convert? An earlier edit said she was Jewish, but discussion above claims that is false. Jack Chick claims she was Catholic, but... yeah. Was she Nestorian like Waraqah, or is it not certain if she held any particular belief system? And again, sorry if it's in the article and I just missed it. -BaronGrackle 22:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

She did not hold a specific belief system, but was a monotheist who believed in the one God of the prophet Ibrahim .--79.69.104.119 (talk) 19:37, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Status of Khadijah

If she was a successful (and, I presume, educated and literate) businesswoman, how do some Islamic societies, such as the Taliban or the current Saudi Arabian regime, justify their own rules for what women may or may not be permitted to do, in terms of the history of their religion vis-a-vis Muhammad's wife Khadijah, who was clearly a liberated, independent, educated, and economically successful woman? Badagnani 23:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Became the first Muslim among females: question of structure

I just want to give an advice regarding this part of the article. It is related to logic and clearness rather than content. 

By reading the tittle of the article one gets the impression that Khadija was the first among women to convert to Islam but when reading the text we find out that she was the first among men and women to convert to Islam. I suggest that you change the title to "became the first Muslim among men" or simply " khadija became the first muslim". I think if you do so text an tittle acquire a better cohesion.

thank you Yseutz 20:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Tag

This article is unencyclopedic, very apologetic, and lacks sources. Arrow740 00:36, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

agreed Jdmontoya36 14:30, 13 March 2012 (PTC)

Catholic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Rivera#Allegations_that_the_Church_created_Islam No mention is made of Khadijah's Roman Catholic faith, that I have often read about.--Filll (talk | wpc) 20:16, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

bring your sources &references for this claim & it will be mentioned at appropriate place with appropriate style.--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi^talk! 19:42, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Why is this info missing?

This isn't even a complete sentence:

"By 585, Khadijah , even though she was sought for marriage by many honorable and highly respected men of the Arabian peninsula, throughout which she was quite famous, due to her business dealings."

I am assuming this is an intro to a passage about her first marriage. But no more information of that nature follows.

Then:

"She also trusted Maysarah's account regarding her new employee's conduct, an account that was most striking, indeed one that encouraged her to abandon her decision never to marry again."

There is nothing about her having been married at all prior to meeting Muhammed.

There is another heading with a link to some additional information, why isn't it in the article?

Ashabhosle (talk) 22:13, 6 October 2009 (UTC)asha

Controversy over no. of Daughters of Khadijah

Recently there have been removal of content from the Relatives section of this article. It has been claimed that the removed section was good faith, not relevant, original research & unsourced.

I want to analyse the situation of this section.

First I'll start with section of the article which is being removed, following is the section:

• Section:Marriage rules

Based on narrations found even in Sunnī sources, Muhammad said that daughters of his household could only marry those who were from Banū Hāshim..

But(if it is assumed that Zainab, Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum were daughter of Muhammed and Khadijah) this argument does not seem to be correct as:

• Zainab was married to Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabee who belonged to Banu Abd Shams clan of the tribe Quraish.
• Ruqayyah and after her death Umm Kulthum were married to Uthman bin Affan who belonged to Banu Umayya clan of the tribe Quraish.

This section has states narration from Muhammad and then states that actual situation(of marriage) for three of his attributed daughters was contrary to the narration. It has got two references; one for narration and other for marriage situation. So, here two facts are being presented and corelated which does not constitute original research, as this content is sourced so it is verifiable and seeing the situation of controversey over status of these three ladies as daughter of Muhammad (or even of Khadijah) this section gives coverage to other(Shia) point of view and gives the neutral point of view of article by balancing the counter-opinion. Hence, this section is according to the Wikipedia's three core content policies.

Now I'll analyse remaining section one by one:

• Section: List of daughters:

The daughters attributed to Muhammad are;

1. Zainab bint Muhammad, married to her maternal cousin Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabee before al-Hijra
2. Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, was married to Uthman ibn Affan
3. Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, also married to Uthman ibn Affan after the death of her sister Ruqayyah
4. Fatimah, the youngest was married to Ali ('Ali bin Abi Talib)

Although it has got no reference but as it is a fact we can do without it.

• Section: Shia Muslim view:

According to some Shia sources she only had one daughter, Fatimah. The others either belonged to her sister or were orphaned girls raised by her.

There is no source specified. This can count as original research & no verifiable.

• Section: Statement with no affliation:

Possibly, all of them were Khadijah's but only Fatimah was born to Muhammad.

There is no source specified. This can count as original research & no verifiable.

• Section: Sunni Muslim view part 1:

Sunni Muslims however do not contest the parentage of her daughters. They affirm what the Qur'an states: "O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers...".

Source specified for Ayat of Quran but not for opinion. This can count as original research & no verifiable.

• Section: Sunni Muslim view part 2:

The famous Sunni scholar Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr says: "His children born of Khadīja are four daughters; there is no difference of opinion about that".

Source specified. This is sound.

• Conclusion:

Sections Sunni Muslim view part 2 & Marriage rules are the only factual, verifiable & neutral point of view sections. All other sections are either original research, non verifiable or non neutral point of view. So, either we should remove those sections or source them to proove that they are factual, verifiable & neutral.

--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider^tc_s 14:34, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Wrong Information

There are allot of wrong information in the text. They should pick their refrences more carefully. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Butterfly2k (talk • contribs) 13:11, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

At the same time you shouldn't replace referenced information with your own opinion. If you think the material is wrong then find better references. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 14:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Issues with "Becoming the First Muslim

Hi everyone, in reading over this article for the first time today, there are some definite issues with it: namely, in the subsection "Becoming the First Muslim." Why are two modern authors quoted as sources for the events here, especially considering that one is actually an author of fiction? There seems to be absolutely no reason why they should be included there, as they certainly can't be considered reasonable sources for events that occurred more than 1300+ years before they lived. Before I start editing things here, however, I figured I'd ask regarding the reasoning. Riskbreaker2987 (talk) 18:41, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for putting your case here at Talk page. Can you clarify your point? It seems section Becoming the first Muslim contains at least five references, which references are you talking about?--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider^tc_s 19:04, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Faizhaider, I didn't mention the specifics as I thought it was fairly obvious. I am referring to the quotes from Washington Irving and Ronald Bodley (refs. 5 and 6). It seems they could be put in a "legacy" section or something similar, but their current placement implies that the two authors are giving information on the actual events which they simply couldn't have had. Riskbreaker2987 (talk) 17:05, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Maulatena Kahideeja is first Muslim. And if I am not workn Shias and Sunnis both Agree to this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Husainalisaifee (talk • contribs) 08:57, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Khadijah's Photo is offensive to Muslims

The portrait of Khadijah as seen on this article is offensive to Muslims as she was the wife of their Prophet.

Please remove it as soon as possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supervisor2011 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

So how is this offensive, the removal of it is offensive!--79.69.104.119 (talk) 19:43, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Khadijah's Marriages

The Biography section of this article says Khadijah refused all offers of marriage, but the very next section lists her as a widow when she married the Prophet Muhammed. When and who did she marry? Perhaps this is all quite evident to those raised in the Islamic faith, but as an outsider I am rather confused. Ella Plantagenet (talk) 12:06, 2 October 2011 (UTC) ِ:I haven't seen reliable secondary source about this, as such matters have not yet been studied by academic scholars. To answer you from primary sources, Shia historians and some Sunni ones (like Abul-Qasim Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Isfahani) have reported that Khadija was virgin while some other Sunni historians have reported opposite thing. This fact is related to the origin of two girls (Zaynab and Ruqayya) who some believe were daughter of Khadija from her first marriage, or were daughteres of Haala ,(sister of Khadija). If you need more info, or some primary ref. write on my talk page.--Aliwiki (talk) 21:43, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I have found an interesting article that seems scholarly that addresses the controversies about Khadija's age, husbands, children and other matters. It is long on primary sources and short on conclusions, but it would be a good starting point to explain why controversy has arisen and what the options are. I recommend people read the information presented in "Sons of Khadija" http://www.kister.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/khadija.pdf.Grace has Victory (talk) 06:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

marriages of muhammed after Khadija's death

According the article, Muhammad was married to "mother of Jesus" which makes me think of the mother Mary. Now, asides from theological beliefs of marriage occurring in the afterlife, I want to know how this is possible since Muhammad didn't exist until 600 years after Jesus and Mary. Furthermore, give to accredited citation/reference, not a random website.

marriages of muhammed after Khadija's death

According the article, Muhammad was married to "mother of Jesus" which makes me think of the mother Mary. Now, asides from theological beliefs of marriage occurring in the afterlife, I want to know how this is possible since Muhammad didn't exist until 600 years after Jesus and Mary. Furthermore, give to accredited citation/reference, not a random website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdmontoya36 (talk • contribs) 21:29, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

The only mention of Jesus in the article is in this sentence "After her death, the Prophet placed her in the rank of four perfect women, Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh), mother of Jesus, and Fatima." which is taken from Edward Gibbon's book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. There were two problems with that quote. First the qoute does not say "Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh)" but "the sister of Moses" which is a different person. Second the reference used does not include the quote. I have fixed both. However, it does not imply that Muhammad was married to Mary but just states that the four women were seen as being perfect. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 08:43, 14 March 2012 (UTC)