Khadigeh's great soul and her chastity and virtues could not be expressed in words but the charactristics of this nobel wife is expressed via strings of interesting words by professor Hossein Ansarian in his book “ the land of lovers”. This book is a commentary and exegesis on Sahifeh Sajadieh. The present text is a cut from the book.
It was destined for Mohammad(s) to have a unique wife through whom he could have a daughter such as Fatima who was to become the mother to eleven Infallible Imams to continue the culture of truth upto the Doom's Day.
Khadijah had already heard about Mohammad's human characteristics but the descrittion of Meysareh, the slave, of Mohammad(s) at the end of their voyage brought khadijah's heart closer to him.
My lady: you do not know what a nice man Amin (Mohammad) is. He is just great! He is kind! He is a true gentleman! His face, his manners, his speech, his stature, his kindness are extra-ordinary. He was my master, but he talked to me like a brother. He used to help me. He nursed the camels with me. I have stories to tell about this man. I have seen strange things of him. On the journey two of our camels became sick. I became upset, but he smiled at me, trying to comfort me. He went upto the camels, he touched them. They rose as if they had got rejouvinated by his touch.
Meysarah continued to describe Mohammad(s) and Khadijeh listened carefully. Now Khadijeh was not listening any more since she had connected with Mohammad, the Amin, directly through her thoughts. She and Amin had now common grounds in cleanliness and virtues. Now there was no need for Meysarah to talk. She said: stop talking. You have made my love towards him twice. You and your spouse are free to go. I will also pay you tow hundred Derhams plus two horses plus a costly dress.
Khadijeh then told Varaqe Ibn Nofel, the wise one, what she had heard. He replied to her that the owner of such traits should be a prophet.
The Islamic scholars have written on Khadijeh, this superb human-being in the following words. “Khadijeh is one of the most virtuous women of the paradise”. Sheikh Saduq reports from the Great Prophet(s).
“The paradise is fond of four women: Marium, Assyieh, Khadijeh and Fatima. Khadijeh was the first woman who accepted Mohammad as a Prophet(s).”
One day there were some people visiting Khadijeh. Among the vistitors there was one jewish scholar. Accidentally, Mohammad(s) passed by. The scholar asked Khadijah to take part in their meeting for a while. The jewish scholar asked Mohammad to let him observe the signs of Prophethood on his face. The Amin (Mohammad) accepted. Khadijeh told the scholar: If his uncles become aware of your curiosities about him, they will become upset since they fear the jews might hurt him.
The jewish scholar replied: It is impossible to hurt Mohammad since he is being trained and protected by God to guide people. Khadijeh asked him: How do you know? He said: I have seen the signs of the Prophet at the End of Time. Among his signs are that he has lost his both parents and his uncle takes care of him and marries a woman of Qoraish. Then he pointed to Khadijeh, telling him: How lucky is a woman who becomes his wife!
One night Khadijeh saw in her drams that a burning sun turned round over the city of Mecca and then came down to her house. She described her dream to Varaqa. He said: you will marry a man who will become famous all over the world.
These facts together with Khadijeh's own pureness, cleanliness, health, virtue and piety which had kept her safe from the customs of the pre-Islamic era, caused her to make a proposal of marriage to Mohammad(s).
Mohammad(s), in his free time, used to go to the Mountain of Hara next to the cave, thinking and contemplating on the creation. It had become clear to him that everything except God is perishable. He had separated himself from everything and had joined God.
Mohammad(s) got himself involved in various activities: he was a shepherd, and a gardener; he drew water from the wells, he fed the camels and the sheep and he used to take care of the date-trees.
Whatever jobs they recommended he would carry out, paying the wages he received to his uncle to relieve him of his hardships.
The uncle was content with his nephew, who was a reminder of his dead-brother. Something ambiguous worried him. He asked himself: what should be done? What is wrong?
Through a woman called Nafiseh, the wise, pious and honorable Khadijeh sent her proposal to Mohammad(s). The Prophet discussed the proposal with his uncles. Finally, the marriage with the marriage portion of five hundred Derhams took place.
When the marriage ceremony was held with the participation of the relatives of the both sides, Abutalib read the following sermon:
“All praise is due to God who put us among Ibrahim and Ismaeel offsprings and made us the bases of Ma'ad, and the tribe of Mozar and the keeper of Kaaba and chose us a house to which everybody wishes to attend. That is the place of security. Thanks to Him for letting us govern this territory.
You have known Mohammad(s). He has proposed to Khadijeh, the daughter of Khoild, and has paid her marriage portion from my possessions. I swear to God this is a huge event.”
Khadijeh was a chaste, kind and sincere woman. She was wise and intelligent. She had told Mohammad that she loved him and she was sincere.
By her action, Khadijeh on the surface, belittled herself by marrying an orphan. But deep inside she was aware that she had raised her spiritual status upto the heavens.
The wealthy and proud women of Qoraish stopped communicating with her. The girls who were around her day and night stopped seeing her. But she did not care a bit.
This learned lady acted as an advisder to Mohammad(s). She was the only woman who got this status in Mohammad's life. She spent about forty million gold coins of her wealth in spreading Mohammad's ideology. Upto her death she was Mohammad's Only wife and after her death this dignity was enough for her.
The Prophet(s) loved Khadijeh after her death as much as he did when she was alive. This caused Ayeshe use sarcasm on several occasions.
Ayeshe says: we had slaughtered a sheep. The Prophet(s) sent some portions of it to Khadijeh's old friends. Mohammad remembered Khadijeh so dearly that I became jealous. I told him: O Messenger of God, You count no woman in this world except Khadijeh.
The Prophet(s) became silent. This silence of his made a fire inside me. I asked him: Isn't it enoygh to talk of a gray-haird old lady? Thank God after her you have had young girls as wives. I felt he became angry and said:
“That is enough, Ayeshe. When Khadijeh loved me I had nobody to care for me. When she confirmed my Prophethood, others denied me. On those days when I was poor, her wealth helped me. Above all, I have Fatima from her.”
When Khadijeh was alive, she was a true friend to the Prophet(s). When in trouble from the infidels, he relied on Khadijeh for comfort.
The three-year-long compulsory stay at Abutalib's Sha'ab and her problems due to her loneliness made Khadijeh ill. Her only friend was Mohammad(s) since all the Qoraish women had left her because of her marriage to Mohammad.
The lady who was once the queen of Qoraish and the master of Hijaz, and who was the envy of all women was extremely lonely.
The lady, whose business was the most lucrative one in the Arab trade world, rested on a mat now at her death. There were nobody around him except his honorable husband and her small daughter, Fatima. Her other two daughters, Zeinab and Roqayya were not in Mecca that day.
Little by little, her breathing became harder and harder. The Prophet(s) ordered others to take Fatima out of the room and he took Khadijah's skinny hands in his own hands.
For the last moment of her life, Khadijeh opened her eyes and saw the Prophet's eyes filled with tears. She said:
O Prophet of God, be content with me.
The Prophet replied: I hope my God, too, is satisfied with you. Khadijeh then asked: Where is Fatima?
Don't worry about her. Your God will protect her.
My God is a good guardian. That would be enough.
Then, the Prophet leaned over Khadijeh and said: Now, Jibraeel revealed onto me and sends God's greetings to you. Khadijeh, becoming extremely satisfied, said:
اِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ السّلامُ وَمِنْهُ السّلامُ وَإلَيهِ يَعودُ السّلامُ وَعَلى جَبرائِيلَ وَعَلَيكَ يا رَسُولَ اللهِ السّلامُ.
On her last berath, she witnessed to the uniqeness of God and to the Prophethood of Mohammad and left world for ever.
source : land of lovers
