Role of Khadijah as the Ideal Wife of Prophet Muhammad

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Introduction
One of the significant role models for women, specifically wives was born in Islamic
tradition. However, these significant roles were able to conquer the discrimination around her
and constituted one of the history’s highly successful marriages (Azzam, Gouverneur & Minifie,
2015). She was Khadijah, who has been identified as the first and for 25 years, the only wife of
Prophet Mohammad. Similar to the ideas of Prophet Muhammad identified as Al-Amin, the
reliable one Khadijah was known as the Al-Tahira, a wife with utmost purity and clarity (Pande,
2017). The following paper analyses the role of Khadijah as the ideal wife of Prophet
Muhammad by shedding light on her perceptions and her religious practices.
Discussion
Being recognized as the most successful woman around, with substantial possession of
experienced accomplishment as well as character, it has been evident to note that Khadijah
encountered a reliable movement of men seeking her hand for conjugal purposes.
Comprehensive studies of Al Al Harthy (2018) have noted that Khadijah had been involved in
conjugal associations twice prior to her wedlock to the Prophet. According to Siddiqa and Ruby,
(2018), both of these marriages produced children as well as left her widowed. As a result, her
fanatical sense of character led her to develop fastidious attitude and she was determined to face
lesser degree of loss again in life by losing another husband. Consequently, she resigned herself
to being a widowed woman, thus taking care of herself and her family. On the other hand, while
Hasan et al. (2017) have noted that taking multiple wives has been considered as a common
practice, yet Khadijah and Muhammad’s marriage has been perceived as a monogamous until her
death after more than 2 decades. Muhammad’s prophet hood initiated during his marriage to

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Khadijah, when he received the first of God’s disclosures through the Angel Gabriel which left
certain forms of fear and apprehension in him along with being strained and feeling alone when
none of the individuals showed faith in him. As per the studies of Fadhilah (2018), Khadijah at
this juncture comforted her husband and efficiently encouraged him during his days of challenge
and tensions.
According to the Islamic tradition, women should exhibit their utmost compassion,
affection and care towards husband. Drawing relevance to these convictions, Khadijah showed
immense love, affection and support towards Prophet Muhammad during his times of
confrontations while institutionalizing and establishing Islam (Azmi, 2014). Moreover, in the
spirit of affiliation and companionship inherent in a truthfully Islamic conjugal association, great
men as well as women showed great inclination in providing support to each other during
difficult times. Prophet Muhammad received recognition to execute several forms of household
chores associated with cleaning as well as mending clothes. Furthermore, studies conducted by
Siddiqa and Ruby (2018) have noted that Khadijah has been recognized as the first person to
acknowledge and comprehend the message of Islam and further supported her husband during
times when Prophet Muhammad faced severe opposition from his relatives and acquaintances
and also strategized to murder him.
However, as the fledgling band of Muslims gradually developed, Khadijah showed
utmost advocacy to the rise of Islam with her prosperity and health. Being an ideal wife,
Khadijah efficiently provided food, water along with medicines in support of the evicted and
boycotted community of the society. Al Al Harthy, (2018) have claimed that although Khadijah
showed no significant familiarity towards to deprivation, she never showed any form of
grievance regarding the destabilized and weakened conditions which she had been compelled to