Arabic popular name (خديجة) [Khadijah] and interpretation is - "premature birth, born prematurely".
Khadija/Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (خديجة بنت خويلد circa 555-619 CE) was the first and most beloved wife of the Prophet, one of the thirteen Prophet Muhammad`s wives: (Sawda, Aisha, Hafsa, Zaynab (bint Khuzayma), Hind (Umm), Zaynab (bint Jahsh), Juwayriyya, Safiyya, Ramla, Maymuna, Mariyah, Rayhana). She was the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and Fatimah bint Zaidah and belonged to the clan of Banu Asad. She is important in Islam as Muhammad's first wife, and one of the "mothers of the believers". Three of her daughters would go on to marry Caliphs: Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum married Uthman, and Fatima married Ali.
Islam says that the prophet mentioned Khadija among the others four greatest women in the history of Islam, along with Maryam (the mother of the Prophet Isa), his daughter Fatima and Asiya.
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