Anonymous user
Khadija bt. Khuwaylid (a): Difference between revisions
→Before Islam
imported>Rafati (featured article = May 2019) |
imported>Rafati |
||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
==Before Islam== | ==Before Islam== | ||
The information on the personality of Khadija (a) prior to Islam is highly limited. According to sources, she was a wealthy merchant who worked in a [[mudaraba]] | The information on the personality of Khadija (a) prior to Islam is highly limited. According to sources, she was a wealthy merchant who worked in a [[mudaraba]]{{enote|Profit and Loss Sharing and also called PLS or participatory banking}}, she employed other people to work for her and she gained some parts of its profit.<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya'', vol. 2, p. 293; Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, ''ʿUyūn al-athar'', vol. 1, p. 63.</ref> | ||
Khadija (a) had high social status with ancestral nobility. As Ibn Sayyid al-Nas said: "She was an honorable and wise lady and God granted her with his blessing. She was middle class in lineage, but she was a very successful and noble lady."<ref>Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, ''ʿUyūn al-athar'', vol. 1, p. 63.</ref> Also, al-Baladhuri said: "Al-Waqidi stated that Khadija (a) had ancestral nobility and she was a successful merchant."<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 98.</ref> | Khadija (a) had high social status with ancestral nobility. As Ibn Sayyid al-Nas said: "She was an honorable and wise lady and God granted her with his blessing. She was middle class in lineage, but she was a very successful and noble lady."<ref>Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, ''ʿUyūn al-athar'', vol. 1, p. 63.</ref> Also, al-Baladhuri said: "Al-Waqidi stated that Khadija (a) had ancestral nobility and she was a successful merchant."<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 98.</ref> | ||
Khadija (a) was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (s) and the first person who converted to Islam. | Khadija (a) was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (s) and the first person who converted to Islam. | ||
==Marriage== | ==Marriage== | ||