Khuwaylid ibn Asad

Khuwaylid ibn Asad (Arabic: خويلد بن أسد‎) was a man of Banu Quraysh and mainly recognized for being the father of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and for being his father-in-law.

Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Diedc. 585 CE
Spouse(s)Fatimah bint Za'idah
Children

Family

He was the son of Asad ibn Abd-Al-Uzza[1] ibn Qusai ibn Kilab and a cousin of Abdul-Muttalib as his grandfather (Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai) and Abdul-Muttalib 's grandfather ('Abd Manaf ibn Qusai) were brothers. Khuwaylid married Fatima bint Za'idah, who was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh[2] and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother,[3][4] Aminah bint Wahb. With her, Khuwaylid had many prominent people in the very early Islamic history:

From another marriage he sired Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid.

Business

He was a rich merchant, a successful businessman whose vast wealth and business talents were inherited by Khadijah and whom the latter succeeded in faring with the family's vast wealth. He died in 585 C.E. in a sacrilegious war .[5]

References
  1. "Le récit du mariage du Prophète avec Khadîjah".
  2. EarlyLife "Khadijah's Early Life" Check |url= value (help).
  3. Haq, S.M. Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 1. p. 54.
  4. The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 9.
  5. "Wife of the Prophet Muhammad(SAWAS)". Archived from Wife of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWAS) the original Check |url= value (help) on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2006-11-10.


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