About Khadeejah* [[----- Part 7-of-7 -----]]

 *About Khadeejah*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Nana Khadijah (a.s) died in 620CE. Muhammad (PBUH) also lost his uncle Abu Talib during this date, and would forever refer to it as "the Year of Sorrow”. The Prophet (PBUH) would remember his wife throughout the rest of his life; so much so that his youngest wife, Ayesha, stated that she was never as jealous of any other woman as she was of Khadijah.

*Lessons:*

Doing everything possible, making your husband or wife *"Miss You"* even after separation (Death or Divorce)

Popular proverb: *"The cow doesn't know the value of its tail until it is cut off"* - Meaning, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.

My People!

If there was a woman in Islam to be emulated by the women of our ummah, Nana Khadijah surely ranks at the top.

In some narrations, it was said that in the final moments of her life, angel Jibreel (AS) descended, giving her greetings from Allah (swt) Himself, through the Prophet Muhammad, with the glad tidings of her palace in jannah. 📚Authentic Hadith

But,

*Why was she so exalted and elevated in the eyes of Allah?*

Let us pause and take a look at our lives today. The husband and wife keep careful count of their spending, and very few women would willingly give up their wealth in supporting their husbands’ noble causes. Yes. How many women would be willing to sacrifice personal luxuries for a higher cause?

Nana Khadijah went further than sacrificing her material comforts, she gave all that she had for the path of Allah. Instead of complaining about the hardship of her situation *(as exhibited by many married women today)*, she supported her husband without argument, resistance or complaint. She did not demand gifts, vacations, or even attention, for she knew that she had a higher cause than to indulge in the mere trivialities of this world🌎. She put the needs of her husband above her personal needs for the sake of Allah, and as a result, the Prophet’s love and admiration for her overshadowed those that he bore for the wives that he married after her death.

We, (Men & Women) wish for the glory of having her as our companion in Jannah - In Shaa Allah, but how many husbands or wives have the sincerity to emulate her exemplary behaviour and sacrifice, even a fraction of what she did for Islam, financially, physically and emotionally😃?

My People!

Are you too good to your spouse in such a way that if separation comes - death or divorce *(May Allah forbid)*, he or she will miss or regret losing you?

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) never stopped loving Khadijah, and although he married several more wives in later years and loved them all, it is clear that Nana Khadijah always had a special place in his heart❤️ . Yes. Her death left a space in his heart that none other could fill. Indeed whenever Nana Aisha, his third wife, heard the Prophet speak of Nana Khadijah, or saw him sending food to Khadijah’s old friends and relatives, she could not help feeling jealous of her, because of the love that the Prophet still had for her.

Once Nana Aisha asked him if Nana Khadijah had been the only woman worthy of his love. The Prophet (PBUH) replied: *“She believed in me when no one else did; she accepted Islam when people rejected me; and she helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand.”* 📚Authentic Hadith

TO BE CONTINUED



سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك نشهد ان لا اله الا انت نستغفرك ونتوابوااليك