page_title: Khadija bint Khuwaylid
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Khadija bint Khuwaylid / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Khadija bint Khuwaylid tomb ‫‬ العربية: القبة التي كانت مبنية على قبر خديجة بنت خويلد في مقبرة المعلاة في مكة. ‫‬
context_page_description: Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, commonly known as Khadija, was the first wife and first female follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Khadijah was the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, a leader of Quraysh tribe in Mecca, and a successful businesswoman in her own right.
  Khadijah is often referred to by Muslims as "Mother of the Believers". She and her daughter Fatimah are two of the most important female figures in Islam. Muhammad was monogamously married to her for 25 years. The number of children she bore before and to Muhammad is disputed.
context_section_description: 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. Khadijah is said to have been about 65 years old at the time of her death. She was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
  Another report Muhammad bin Ishaq said," Abu Talib and Khadija bint Khuwaylid died in the same year. This was three years before the emigration of the Messenger of Allah to Madina. Khadija was buried in al-Hajun. The Messenger of Allah buried her in her grave. She was twenty-eight years old when the Messenger of Allah married her"
  In the years immediately following Khadijah's death, Muhammad faced persecution from opponents of his message and also from some who originally followed him but had now turned back. Hostile tribes ridiculed and stoned him. Muhammad migrated to Yathrib (Medina) after Khadijah's death.
caption: Mausoleum Khadijah, Jannatul Mualla cemetery, in Mecca, before its destruction by Ibn Saud in the 1920s
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