The virtue of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her), wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Al-Zubayr bin Bakkar states: Apart from Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him), the mother of the sons and all the daughters of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her), who in the time of Jahiliyyah was called al-Tahirah, (her lineage being Khadijah bint Khuwaylid) bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy. Her mother's name was Fatimah bint Za'idah bin Jundub; this Jundub is al-Asamm bin Hujr bin Abd Ma'is bin Amir bin Lu'ayy. The name of Fatimah bint Za'idah's mother was Halah bint Abd Manaf bin al-Harith bin Munqidh bin Amr bin Ma'is bin Amir bin Lu'ayy, and that lady's mother was al-Ariqah, whose actual name was Qilabah; she was the daughter of Sa'd bin Sahl bin Amr bin Husays bin Ka'b bin Lu'ayy. Hibban bin Abd Manaf was the full brother of this lady Halah. He is the man who shot an arrow at Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) at the Battle of the Trench and said: "Take that, and I am Ibn al-Ariqah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah Almighty make your face sweat in the Fire." That arrow struck the vein of Sayyiduna Sa'd's arm (may Allah be pleased with him), and because of it he was martyred. Before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her) had married Atiq bin A'idh bin Abdullah bin Amr bin Makhzum, and she bore him a son, Hind bin Atiq. After that, Abu Halah Malik bin Nabbash bin Zurarah bin Waqdan bin Habib bin Salamah bin Adi married her; he belonged to Banu Asad bin Amr bin Tamim and was an ally of Banu Abd al-Dar bin Qusayy. Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) bore him his sons Hind and Halah. So Hind bin Atiq bin A'idh, and Hind and Halah, the two sons of Abu Halah Malik bin Nabbash bin Zurarah, are the siblings, through their mother Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her), of the children of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Ibn Shihab states: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) in Makkah. She is the first woman whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married. Before that, this lady had been the wife of Abu Halah al-Tamimi. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married this lady, he was twenty-one years old, and she passed away when seven years had passed since the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) commissioning.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Zubalah, who is da'if (weak).

Umar bin Abi Bakr al-Mu'ammali states: Amr bin Asad married Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married this lady, he was twenty-five years old, and Quraysh were at that time rebuilding the Ka'bah.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; this narrator Umar is matruk (abandoned).

Ibn Jurayj states: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married, he was thirty-seven years old. Its chain contains Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Zubalah, who is da'if (weak).

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Urwah reports the following statement of his father: "Amr bin Asad said: 'Muhammad bin Abdullah has proposed marriage to Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her), and he is such a young man whose nose cannot be struck.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Ibn Zubalah, who is da'if (weak).

Ibn Shihab states: Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her) was the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) before the Qur'an was revealed to him. Then the Qur'an was revealed to him and she remained his wife. She is the first person who affirmed the truth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and believed in him. She passed away in Makkah three years before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) departed for Madinah.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain also contains Ibn Zubalah, who is da'if (weak).

Malik bin al-Huwayrith states: Among men, the first to accept Islam was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and among women, the first to accept Islam was Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her).
Al-Tabarani recorded it; there is weakness in its narrators, and Ibn Hibban declared them thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) states: The first people to accept Islam with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (that is, at his blessed hand) were Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its narrators have been declared trustworthy, and there is weakness in them.

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Among men, the first to accept Islam was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and among women, the first to accept Islam was Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her).
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Muhammad bin Ishaq states (the lineage of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) is): "Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) bint Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators up to Ibn Ishaq are the narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Tabarani states: Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) bint Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy is the first woman whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married, and she is the mother of all his male and female children. Only the case of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him) is different: he was born to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) slave-woman, Sayyidah Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Qatadah bin Di'amah states: Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away three years before the Hijrah. That lady was the first among men and women to believe in the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In the time of Jahiliyyah (that is, before the proclamation of prophethood) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married no woman other than her, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had no children from any (honoured wife) other than her.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Zuhayr bin al-Ala', whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and others declared da'if (weak). Al-Tabarani recorded something similar in abridged form from Urwah bin al-Zubayr, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Zuhri states: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not marry any other woman while Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) was alive, until Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) states: Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away before the command making the prayer obligatory was revealed.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Zubalah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a marriage proposal to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). Her father did not want to marry her to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) prepared food and drink and invited her father and some men of Quraysh. Those people ate and drank wine until they became intoxicated. Then Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Muhammad bin Abdullah has proposed marriage to me; marry me to him." So her father married her to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) perfumed him and gave him a hullah (a robe) to wear; that is how they used to treat fathers. When the man's intoxication wore off, he saw that he was perfumed and had a robe on his body. He said: "What is the matter? Why is this?" Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) told him: "You have married me to Muhammad bin Abdullah." Her father said: "Would I marry (my daughter) to the orphan raised by Abu Talib? No! By my life (that cannot be)!" Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Do you not feel ashamed? Do you want to make yourself look foolish before Quraysh and tell people that you were drunk?" Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) kept persuading him until the man was content.
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of Ahmad and al-Tabarani are the narrators of the Sahih.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever he heard what people said about the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) marriage to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), he would say: I know more than anyone about the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) marriage to this lady. In the time of Jahiliyyah I was a close companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). One day I was going along with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when we passed by the sister of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), who was in a leather tent of hers. She called me, and I went over to her while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped there. That lady said: "Is your companion (that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)) interested in marrying Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her)?" I told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he said: "Yes, by my life." I went back to that lady and told her what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said. That lady said: "Come to us tomorrow morning." The next day we went to those people and found that they had slaughtered a cow, had dressed Sayyidah Khadijah's (may Allah be pleased with her) father in a robe and had set up a tent there. I spoke with the brother of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), and her brother spoke with her father. I told him about the Messenger of Allah and his standing, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had asked that he marry Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) to him. So they married him to her. Those people had food prepared from the cow and we ate from it. Then Sayyidah Khadijah's (may Allah be pleased with her) father went to sleep. When he woke up, he asked: "Where has this robe come from, why has this tent been set up, and what is this food for?" That daughter of his who had spoken with Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) told him: "This robe was put on you by Muhammad bin Abdullah, your son-in-law, and this cow he gave you as a gift; we slaughtered it when you married Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) to him." That man denied that he had arranged this marriage. He went out from there and came to the Hatim. When Banu Hashim came, the man asked: "Where is that man of yours about whom you claim that I married him?" When the man saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at him, the man said: "If I have already married him, fine; otherwise I marry him now."
Al-Tabarani and al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Umar bin Abi Bakr al-Mu'ammali, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), or another man from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), states: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to graze goats at first; then he left grazing goats and began working with camels. He did this together with a partner of his. Then the two of them began working for the sister of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). When they had completed their trading journey, some payment remained owed to them by that lady. The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) partner would go to those people and demand it, and he would say to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Come along." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "You go, for I feel shy." One day, when that man went to those people to demand payment, that lady said: "Where is Muhammad?" The man said: "I told him (to come too), but he says that he feels shy." That lady said: "I have never seen a man more modest than him, nor more chaste, nor this, nor that." This settled in the heart of that lady's sister, Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a message to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Come to my father and propose marriage to me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your father is a man of great wealth; he will not do it." She said: "Go, meet him and speak with him; I will take care of it. Go to him when he is intoxicated." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did just that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to him, and that man married him (to her). When morning came and he sat in the gathering, it was said to him: "You did well to marry (Sayyiduna) Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." He asked: "Did I do that?" The people said: "Yes." So the man got up, came to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "People are saying that I have married (you to) Muhammad." She replied: "Yes. Now do not make your judgement look foolish, for (Sayyiduna) Muhammad is a man of such-and-such qualities." Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) kept persuading him until the man was content. Then she sent a message to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), sent him two uqiyahs of silver or gold, and said: "Buy a robe with it and give that robe to me as a gift, and buy a ram, and do such-and-such." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did just that.
Al-Tabarani and al-Bazzar recorded it. The narrators of al-Tabarani are the narrators of the Sahih except Abu Khalid al-Walibi, and he is thiqah (trustworthy). The narrators of al-Bazzar are likewise, except that his teacher Ahmad bin Yahya al-Sufi is thiqah (trustworthy) but is not one of the narrators of the Sahih. However, he recorded these words in his narration: Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Go to him in such a way that there is no compulsion"; he reported this word in place of the word "intoxicated". And about the robe he said: "Give this robe to him as a gift," that is, he did not say, "Give it to me as a gift."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) states: The first thing I came to know about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is this: I came to Makkah with some of my paternal uncles, and we were directed to Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). We reached him while he was sitting by Zamzam, and we sat down with him. While we were with him, a man came from the direction of the Safa gate. His complexion was fair with a reddish tinge; his hair was long and curly, reaching the edges of his ears; he had a high-bridged nose; his front teeth were gleaming; the white and black of his eyes were bright; his beard was thick; there was a fine line of hair on his chest; his palms and feet were full-fleshed. He wore two white garments, and it seemed as though he were the full moon on the fourteenth night. On his right walked a youth whose beard had not yet grown, with a handsome face, close to puberty. Behind them came a woman who had concealed her beauty under covering. These people came to the Black Stone. He touched it, then that boy touched it, then that woman touched it. Then they went round the House seven times, the boy and the woman circling with that man. Whenever he touched the Corner, he would raise both hands and say the takbir. Then, when he had touched the Corner, he raised both hands and said the takbir. The boy stood on his right, raised both hands and said the takbir. The woman stood behind the two of them; she too raised both hands and said the takbir. They stood for a long time, then went into ruku' (bowing) and remained in ruku' for a long time. Then they raised their heads from ruku' and stood; he remained standing upright. Then they went into prostration, and the boy and the woman also went into prostration with him; they kept doing just as that man did, both of them following him. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We had seen something we had never seen in Makkah before, and it seemed very strange to us. We turned to Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Abu al-Fadl! We did not know of this religion being among you here in Makkah before. Is this something new that has come?" He said: "Yes, by Allah! Do you not know them?" We replied: "No." He said: "This is our nephew Muhammad bin Abdullah, that boy is Ali bin Abi Talib, and that woman is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. By Allah! There is no one on the face of the earth who worships Allah according to this religion except these three people."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains two narrators: one of them is Yahya bin Hatim, whom I do not know, and the other is Bishr bin Mihran, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and Abu Hatim declared da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). The narration of Afif al-Kindi on this has already passed, which Ahmad and others recorded, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drew four lines on the ground and asked: "Do you know what this is?" The people said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most excellent of the women of the people of Paradise are Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Fatimah bint Muhammad, Maryam bint Imran and Asiyah bint Muzahim (may Allah be pleased with them), the wife of Pharaoh."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of all the women, four are sufficient for you (that is, these four hold a distinguished position): Fatimah bint Muhammad, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Maryam bint Imran and Asiyah bint Muzahim (may Allah be pleased with them)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Sulayman al-Shadhakuni, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Khadijah has been given superiority over the women of my Ummah just as Maryam has been given superiority over the women of all the worlds."
Al-Tabarani and al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Abu Yazid al-Himyari, whom I do not know. The rest of its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The leaders of the women of the people of Paradise are Maryam bint Imran, then Fatimah bint Muhammad, then Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, then Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Zubalah, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been commanded to give Khadijah the glad tidings of a house made of hollow pearl, in which there will be no noise and no toil."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except Muhammad bin Ishaq, and he has stated explicitly that he heard it directly.

Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that she said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Where is our mother, Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She is in a hollow house made of pearl, in which there will be no noise and no hardship; she is between Maryam and Asiyah." Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Of this pearl?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather of a pearl strung with precious gems, pearls and rubies."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat by way of Muhajir bin Maymun from her; I do not know Muhajir, and I do not think he heard from her, and Allah knows best. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), since she had passed away before the obligations and rulings were revealed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw her by a river of Paradise, in a house made of hollow pearl in which there is no noise and no hardship." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also asked about Abu Talib: "Have you benefited him in any way?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I brought him out of Hell to its shallowest part."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir in abridged form. The narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih, except Mujalid bin Sa'id, and he has been declared trustworthy, especially in the hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) the glad tidings of a house in Paradise made of hollow pearl, in which there will be no noise and no hardship. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: the hadith narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) is mentioned in the Sahih.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Zuhayri, whom I do not know. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Ri'ab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Jibril came to me and said: 'Give Khadijah the glad tidings of a house made of hollow pearl, in which there will be no noise and no hardship.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, al-Wazi' bin Nafi', who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) when Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him and said: "O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Convey greetings of peace to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), and give her the glad tidings of a house in Paradise that will be made of hollow pearl, in which there will be no harm and no hardship."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril said to me: 'Give Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) the glad tidings of a house in Paradise that will be made of hollow pearl, in which there will be no noise and no hardship.'" The narrator says: This means hollow pearl. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: part of it is mentioned in the Sahih.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Muhammad bin Abi Saminah, whom more than one has declared trustworthy.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to mention Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) often. I said: "Why is it that you keep mentioning Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) so often, when Allah Almighty has given you other wives in place of that old woman with red lips, and a long time has passed since that woman died?" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry; I had never seen him so angry. He said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty granted her from me what He has not granted any of you." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Forgive me. By Allah! After this day you will not hear me mention Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) in any way that you dislike."

In one narration the wording is: Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), he would always praise her and pray for her forgiveness. He would say: "She was granted children by me, while you have been deprived of children by me." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept mentioning this for a month.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), he would praise her well. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: One day I became upset and said: "How much you mention that woman with red cheeks, when Allah Almighty has given you better wives in her place!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Has Allah Almighty given me better than her? She believed in me when people disbelieved in me; she affirmed my truthfulness when people belied me; she supported me with her wealth when people deprived me; and Allah Almighty granted me children through her and did not grant me children through other people."
Ahmad recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla narrates: Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) came. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Jibril! This is Khadijah." Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) said: "Convey to her greetings of peace from Allah Almighty and from me."
Al-Tabarani recorded it as a mursal report, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sa'id bin Kathir narrates: Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was at Hira and said: "Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) is coming with hays (a kind of dish) in a leather container. Tell her that Allah Almighty sends her greetings of peace." When Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Jibril informed me about you and about the hays (dish) that is in your leather container, before you came, and Jibril also told me that Allah Almighty sends you greetings of peace."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Zubalah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fed Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) grapes of Paradise.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.