![]() ![]() However, her loyalty and assistance didn’t culminize there. She was convinced that it could only be one of such eloquent character who could be worthy of revelation from Allâh and thus hers was the first heart to be moved, and to accept Islâm. He attested to the messengership of her husband and was the first to believe in him, and who could have known him better? After all, she had been married to him for fifteen years. In fact she was his greatest source of comfort, the first to provide security for him and be sincere to him. She didn’t doubt him, nor show the slightest hesitation towards the words he uttered. ![]() Pause for a moment and note her weighty words. Look at her conviction in what the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said. Imaam an-Nawaawee, who wrote the commentary on Saheeh Muslim said that the scholars have explained Khadeejah’s statement by saying that she knew that Allâh would never allow one who had been given such a generous character and noble manners by Him, to be affected by madness, since good manners is itself such a blessing from Allaah) By Allaah, you join ties of relationship, you speak the truth, you bear people’s burdens, you help the destitute, you entertain guests and you help the vicissitudes which affect the people.” (Reported by ‘Aa’ishah & collected by Muslim (eng. I swear by Allâh that he will never humiliate you. They had six children: two sons, Qaasim and ‘Abdullaah, both of whom died in infancy, and four daughters, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom, and Faatimah.įifteen years later, what do we find Khadeejah saying when the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam came to her with his heart trembling after receiving the first Revelation? He informed her of the happening and said to her “O Khadeejah what has happened to me? I fear for myself?” She replied: “It can’t be. She heard the Prophet’s fair dealings and how he was acclaimed to be al-Ameen (the trustworthy) amongst the people, and so she asked if he could accompany her merchandise to its various destinations – he agreed.Īt the age of twenty-five, the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam accepted the proposal of Khadeejah, his distant cousin, who was fifteen years his senior. Khadeejah became a business woman in her own right, know and respected throughout the Qur’aysh (The noblest tribe in Makkah they were the keepers of the Ka’bah and the tribe that Khadeejah & the Prophet came from) for her noble character, wealth and good manners. She was married but soon both her father and husband died, leaving her in charge of the trade. When she reached adolescence, she came to be known as Taahira (righteous, virtuous) due to her noble and sublime character. She was the first wife of the Prophet and the first heart to be affected and to accept his call to Islâm. ![]()
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