Waraqah ibn Nawfal
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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid: The First Believer
PersonKhadijah bint Khuwaylid (d. 620 CE) was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the first person to accept his prophethood. A merchant of Mecca in her own right, she sent him to Syria with her goods, proposed the marriage herself, and bore all his children but one.
Prophetic EraWaraqah ibn Nawfal: The Christian Scholar Who Confirmed the First Revelation
PersonWaraqah ibn Nawfal, a Christian scholar of Mecca and cousin of Khadijah, identified the first revelation to Prophet Muhammad as the same that had come to Moses, and the Prophet later said he had seen him in Paradise, wearing white.
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