Khadijah or Khadīja bint Khuwaylid (Arabic: خديجة بنت خويلد‎‎) or Khadīja al-Kubra (Khadija the Great) (c. 555 or 567 – 620 CE) was the first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is commonly regarded by Muslims as the "Mother of the Believers" (i.e., Muslims), and was the first person to convert to Islam. == Biography == Khadija's grandfather, Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, was the progenitor of the Asad clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca. Her father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant. According to some traditions, he died c. 585 in the Sacrilegious War, but according to others, he was still alive...