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Her attitude reveals a fully mature personality imbued with wisdom.
She took him to the house. of her cousin Warqa bin Nawful who embraced
Christianity in the pre-Islamic period. They rejoiced and announced him
as the expected Prophet.
Khaiija held a special position as the first to believe in
Muhammad's message; she was a continual help to him. It was written,
'God soothes the Prophet's nerves by her presence. She did not let him
hear the words of his opponents that he detested or those who disbelieve
him. Indeed, ' God released him from his sufferings by her presence.
When he returned to her, she used to ease him, soothe his nerves, and
approve of his words. ' 2
She had at least four children by him. 3 She stood by her
husband until, she died three years before Hijra. having received
special recognition from God, who ordained his Prophet through Jibril
to send her his greetings.
4 She never left the Prophet's memory, which
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prompted his second wife, Aisha, to feel jealousy. 'I never envied
a woman except Khadijah and the Prophet did not marry me until she
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died. ' Aisha once burst out that Khadijah was a 'toothless old
woman whom Allah has replaced with a better. ' The Prophet's sharp
rebuke is a fervent testimony to his first wife : 'No indeed. Allah
has not replaced her with a better. She believed in me when I was
rejected. When they called me a liar. she proclaimed me truthful.
When I was poor, she shared with me her wealth, and Allah granted me
her children though withholding those of other women. '
1. Ibid
2. See Ab-u Zahrah, op. cit*, P. 417
3. Ibn Hisliam, Vol. 1, op. cit., P. 417 and Bint al-Shati, op. cit.. P. 223
4. W7 Zahrah, op. cit., P. 417
5. Waddy, op. cit; P. e?
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