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.hadija did not travel with her trade caravans; she employed others to trade on her behalf for a commission. In 595 Khadija needed an agent for a transaction in Syria. Abu Talib ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib recommended her distant cousin Muhammad ibn Abdullah.