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On the other hand, after numerous analyses, Shi’a scholars believed Khadija (a) did not marry anyone before Prophet Muhammad (s).<\/p>\n
Ibn Shahrashub\u00a0quoted from\u00a0al-Sayyid al-Murtada\u00a0in\u00a0al-Shafi\u00a0and\u00a0al-Shaykh al-Tusi\u00a0in\u00a0Talkhis al-shafi\u00a0that Khadija (a) was a virgin when she married Prophet Muhammad (s)\u00a0In addition, considering the cultural and intellectual situation in\u00a0Hijaz\u00a0and high position and status of Khadija al-Kubra (a) among other people, it would be highly improbable that she marry men from Banu Tamim and Banu Makhzum (the two low tribes).<\/p>\n
According to researchers, children attributed to Khadija (a) both were the children of Hala, Khadija’s (a) sister. After the husband of Hala had passed away, she took the responsibility of Hala and her children. After Hala passed away, Khadija (a) looked after her children.<\/p>\n
Conversion to Islam<\/p>\n
Most of historical sources consider Khadija (a) as the first one who converted to\u00a0Islam.\u00a0Even some sources claimed, it is agreed among all the researchers. Ibn Abd al-Barr claimed that\u00a0Ali b. Abi Talib (a)\u00a0was the first one after Khadija (a) who converted to Islam.\u00a0Sources which discussed the timing of\u00a0sahaba\u00a0in converting to Islam, have mentioned Khadija al-Kubra (a) and Ali b. Abi Talib (a) as the first two people who converted to Islam. They have mentioned they were the first two people who performed\u00a0prayer\u00a0alongside Prophet Muhammad (s).<\/p>\n
Role in Islam<\/p>\n
After the financial help from Khadija al-Kubra (a),\u00a0Prophet Muhammad (s)\u00a0became financially privileged. As\u00a0Allah\u00a0mentioned the gift given to Prophet Muhammad (s): “Allah found you needy and made you prosperous.”\u00a0Also Prophet Muhammad (s) always said: “No money was profitable for me the way the wealth of Khadija (a) was.”\u00a0Prophet Muhammad (s) applied her wealth in paying the debts of debtors, and on orphans, and the poor.<\/p>\n
When Meccan\u00a0boycotted Banu Hashim, the wealth from Khadija al-Kubra (a) helped\u00a0Banu Hashim. According to a narration: “Abu Talib and Khadija (a) dedicated all their wealth for protecting\u00a0Islam\u00a0and helping the boycotted Muslims.” Hakim b. Hizam, Khadija’s (a) cousin, brought date, fruits and wheat with difficulties and in a dangerous situation for Banu Hashim.\u00a0Such dedications and generosity by Khadija (a) was accepted by God and considered as gifts to Prophet Muhammad (s).\u00a0Prophet always mentioned her dedication and appreciated her generosity.<\/p>\n
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The marriage(s) of Khad\u012bja bt. Khuwaylid was a controversial matter among Shi’a and Sunni scholars. Sunni scholars believe she married two times before Prophet Muhammad (s) and they mentioned the names of her children. Al-Baladhuri in Ansab al-ashraf introduced Hind b. al-Nabash as Khadija’s (a) husband before she married Muhammad (s) Also Ibn al-Habib […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}