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Khadija bint Khuwaylid

556 - 619

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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (Arabic: خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد, romanized: Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, c. 554 – November 619) was the first wife and the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khadija bint Khuwaylid has received more than 3,999,485 page views. Her biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Khadija bint Khuwaylid is the 8th most popular companion (up from 11th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Saudi Arabian Companion.

Khadija bint Khuwaylid is most famous for being the first wife of Muhammad.

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  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Khadija bint Khuwaylid ranks 8 out of 784Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Fatimah, Anne Boleyn, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Madame de Pompadour, and Aisha. After her are Madame du Barry, Mihrimah Sultan, Catherine de' Medici, Klara Hitler, Helena, and Empress Joséphine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 556, Khadija bint Khuwaylid ranks 1After her is Suhayl ibn Amr. Among people deceased in 619, Khadija bint Khuwaylid ranks 1After her are Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, John the Merciful, Shibi Khan, John Moschus, and Laurence of Canterbury.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Khadija bint Khuwaylid ranks 10 out of 354Before her are Ali (601), Uthman (574), Abu Bakr (573), Husayn ibn Ali (626), Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), and Aisha (605). After her are Osama bin Laden (1957), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Hasan ibn Ali (624), Muawiyah I (603), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), and Aminah (557).

Among COMPANIONS In Saudi Arabia

Among companions born in Saudi Arabia, Khadija bint Khuwaylid ranks 3Before her are Fatimah (604), and Aisha (605). After her are Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Zayd ibn Harithah (581), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), and Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607).