Khuwaylid ibn Asad (Arabic: خويلد بن أسد) was a member of the Arab Banu Quraysh tribe and is recognized for being the father of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Some of their children would become prominent people in early Islamic history e.g.: From another marriage he had a son Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid.
He was a rich merchant, a successful businessman whose vast wealth and business talents were inherited by Khadijah.
He died around 585 CE during the Ḥarb al-fijār ('sacrilegious war')[7] at the time of the battle of Fijar.
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