

Khadija consulted her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn 'Abdu'l-'Uzza. Khadija proposed to Muhammad when he was 25 years old and she was 40 years old. This marriage also left Khadija as a widow. To husband Atiq, Khadija bore a daughter named Hindah.

He died before his business became a success.

To her second husband she bore two sons, who were named Hala and Hind. While the order of her marriages is debated, it is generally believed that she first married Atiq ibn 'A'idh ibn' Abdullah Al-Makhzumi and second Malik ibn Nabash ibn Zargari ibn at-Tamimi. Khadija married three times and had children from all her marriages. Differing views on previous marriages Sunni version Upon returning, Maysarah gave accounts of the honorable way that Muhammad had conducted his business, with the result that he brought back twice as much profit as Khadija had expected. She sent one of her servants, Maysarah, to assist him. Khadija hired Muhammad, who was then 25 years old, sending word that she would pay double her usual commission. This caravan experience earned Muhammad the honorific titles “ Al-Sadiq ("the Truthful")” and Al-Amin ("the Trustworthy" or "Honest"). With the permission of Abu Talib ibn Muttalib, his uncle, he was sent to Syria with one of Khadija's servants. She chose Muhammad ibn Abdullah for the trade in Syria. In 595 Khadija needed a co-worker for a transaction in Syria. Khadija did not travel with her trade caravans she employed others to trade on her behalf for a commission. Khadija was said to have neither believed in nor worshipped idols, which was atypical for pre-Islamic Arabian culture. Honorifics associated with Khadija included, “ Ameerat-Quraysh (“Princess of Quraysh“),” “The Pious One,” and “ Khadija Al-Kubra (“Khadija the Great”).” It is said that she fed and clothed the poor, assisted her relatives financially and provided marriage portions for poor relations. It is said that when the Quraysh's trade caravan travelers gathered to embark upon their summer journey to Syria or winter journey to Yemen, Khadija's caravan equalled the caravans of all other traders of the Quraysh put together. Khuwaylid also had a sister named Ume Habib binte Asad. 585 in the Sacrilegious War, but according to others, he was still alive when Khadija married Muhammad in 595. According to some/many traditions, he died c. Khadija's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant and leader. Khadija's mother, Fatima bint Za'idah, who died around 575, was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother.
