First nikah (marriage)

From the book · p. 5

In brief· the site’s own summary, not the book’s words

Hadhrat Khadijah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a proposal of marriage, and Nabi's ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) uncle accepted it for a mahr of twenty camels; the book adds that some say it was twelve awqiyas of silver. He was twenty-five and she was forty, and he married no one else while she lived. They had four daughters, Zaynab, Umm-e-Kulthoom, Ruqayya and Faatima رضي الله عنهن (may Allah be pleased with them), and two sons, Qaasim and Taahir رضي الله عنهما (may Allah be pleased with them both). He had another son, Ibraheem رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him), born to Maariya Qibtiyya رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her), who died as a baby.

Accounts differThe book gives the mahr as twenty camels and adds: “Some say that the mahr was twelve awqiyas of silver”.

After hearing about the remarkable qualities of our ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him), Khadijah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a proposal for marriage. Nabi’s ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) paternal uncle accepted it in exchange of a (dowry) of twenty camels. Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) then married Hadhrat Khadijah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her). Some say that the mahr was twelve of silver (one awqiya is equal to forty ). Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) was twenty-five years old at that time and Hadhrat Khadijah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her) was forty.

Hadhrat Khadijah’s رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her) marriage to Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) lasted for twenty-five years and two and three-quarter months. Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) did not marry any other woman during her lifetime. From Hadhrat Khadijah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her), Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) had four daughters and two sons. The names of the daughters were Zaynab, Umm-e-Kulthoom, Ruqayya and Faatima رضي الله عنهن (may Allah be pleased with them). The sons names were Qaasim and Taahir رضي الله عنهما (may Allah be pleased with them both). Taahir رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) was also referred to as Abdullah.

Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) also had another son by the name of Ibraheem رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) who passed away during infancy. He was born from Maariya Qibtiyya رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her), the slave woman of Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him). She was given to Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift by Maqoqas (The ruler of Alexandria).

In brief· the site’s own summary, not the book’s words

Hadhrat Khadijah رضي الله عنها sent a proposal of marriage, and Nabi's ﷺ uncle accepted it for a mahr of twenty camels; the book adds that some say it was twelve awqiyas of silver. He was twenty-five and she was forty, and he married no one else while she lived. They had four daughters, Zaynab, Umm-e-Kulthoom, Ruqayya and Faatima رضي الله عنهن, and two sons, Qaasim and Taahir رضي الله عنهما. He had another son, Ibraheem رضي الله عنه, born to Maariya Qibtiyya رضي الله عنها, who died as a baby.

The book’s text

The book’s text