The marriage of the Prophet with Khadijah

Lady Khadijah believed, with no bit of doubt, that Muhammad would be the prophet by whose mission the world would shine. It was he whom the prophets of Allah had brought good tidings about before. She proposed to him to marry her, and she gave him some money (so that he would give it to her as if it was his) to be as her dowry. The Prophet (a.s.) told his uncle Abu Talib who became very pleased for that, because he knew Khadijah and knew her high position and honor. He knew that she refused to get married to the masters and chiefs of Quraysh when they asked for her hand. Abu Talib, Hamza, and other uncles of the Prophet (a.s.) went to Khuwaylid, the father of Khadijah, who received them warmly and was pleased with this marriage.

The speech of Abu Talib

On the occasion of the engagement of the Prophet (a.s.) and Khadijah, Abu Talib made a speech saying,

“Praise be to Allah, Who has made us from the progeny of Abraham and the offspring of Ishmael, and made for us an inviolable country, and a House of pilgrimage, and made us the rulers over people. Then, Muhammad bin Abdullah, my nephew, is one that no one of the

 youth of Quraysh is compared to him unless he is preferred to him by his piety, virtue, determination, reason, discernment, and nobility, though he is of little money, but money is a transient shadow and a loan that shall be given back. He has a wish towards Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, and she has like that. Whatever dowry you would like I shall pay…”[1]

Khuwaylid agreed, and Khadijah, who was forty years old, was carried in procession to the house of her husband Muhammad (a.s.) who was twenty-five years old then.

Lady Khadijah got married by her own option and freedom, turning her back to the traditions of her age that it was man who would propose to woman and not vice versa. Khadijah took her big wealth with her to the Prophet (a.s.) who spent it neither on himself nor on her, but on the Islamic mission. The wealth of Khadijah was one of the pillars that Islam depended on in its success.

The marital relation between the Prophet (a.s.) and Khadijah was based on love, kindness, and sincerity. It was the best marital life in Mecca. Khadijah was so sincere to the Prophet (a.s.) and the Prophet (a.s.) found with her all love and care that he had missed because of the death of his parents whom he had lost since his early childhood.