Khuwaylid ibn Asad

Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Died c.585AD
Spouse(s) Fatimah bint Za'idah
Children Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Awwam ibn Khuwaylid, Halah bint Khuwaylid, Hizam ibn Khuwald

Khuwaylid ibn Asad (Arabic: خويلد بن أسد‎‎) was a man of Banu Quraysh and mainly recognised as being the father of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Family

He was the son of Asad ibn Abd-Al-Uzza[1] ibn Qusai ibn Kilab and a cousin of Abdul-Muttalib as his grandfather (Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai) and Abdul-Muttalib 's grandfather ('Abd Manaf ibn Qusai) were brothers. Khuwaylid married Fatima bint Za'idah, who was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh[2] and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother,[3][4] Aminah bint Wahb. With her, Khuwaylid had many prominent people in the very early Islamic history:

Business

He was a rich merchant, a successful businessman whose vast wealth and business talents were inherited by Khadijah and whom the latter succeeded in faring with the family's vast wealth. He died in 585 C.E.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Le récit du mariage du Prophète avec Khadîjah".
  2. ↑ EarlyLife "Khadijah's Early Life" Check |url= value (help).
  3. ↑ Haq, S.M. Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 1. p. 54.
  4. ↑ The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 9.
  5. ↑ Wife of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWAS) "Wife of the Prophet Muhammad(SAWAS)" Check |url= value (help).


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