Her name is Khadija bint Khûwaylid. His lineage was noble and honorable. Already, at the time of the djahiliyya (pre-Islamic period), she was renowned in Mecca for her chastity and sincerity, to such an extent that she was nicknamed the "pure" and considered the mistress of the Quraishite women.

At forty, she married the Prophet who was twenty-five. The first person to embrace Islam, she was at the side of the Messenger of God in all the trials providing him with emotional and material support. She's the only one with whom he had children. She died the same year as Abu Talib, the Prophet's other supporter. This year was nicknamed by Muslims, the Year of Sorrow.