 The mysteries of Islam fascinate us time and time again This is no different from the life story of the Prophet Who was Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam? An illiterate doesn't merchant who one day stumbled upon amazing Arabic rhetoric Or was he the creation of Allah's greatest light? Sent down to earth to pull man out of ignorance and bring them to the purest of truths I I Ali Burji I'm on a journey to discover the real story behind the Prophet The real story behind our religion the roots the beginning the cradle of civilization Bismillahirrahmanirrahim So Sayyidah Khadija doctor Was she aware before the holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam declared his prophethood? Was she Knowledgeable of his his his mission in dunya. Yeah Yes, as we mentioned earlier on in previous of that she was Well aware of that that he would be a prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi and Well before their marriage because she had heard it from Various Jewish and Christian scholars and one of the Christian scholars is her cousin Waraqa bin Naufir and He actually says that this is the man that we've been waiting for we've been waiting for We meaning if you like the Jews and Christians or the scholars Okay, yeah Whether he was referring to himself as the scholar, you know we the scholars or we the Ahlul kitab Jews Jews and Christians He is the one that we've been waiting for that's what we have This is a these are the weddings that we have reported from Waraqa bin Naufir telling Sayyidah Khadija sallallahu alaihi wa alihi Well before the marriage well before the marriage So yes, she knew well about In advance and she was well aware she knew about who This young man Muhammad would be and she initiates the marriage. She's as I said she sends many gifts to Safiya the aunt of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi Safiya bint abd al-Muttalib asking her to intervene and she said nafisa which and This is the wording when he asked who is she she said nafisa said Mamluqatika Khadija Khadija who is your slave Khadija which is a very astonishing thing to say as I said she didn't need To say these but she it goes to reflect on her understanding and on her realization as to who The prophet is and what religion she's talking about what religion he is going to Call for So she had She was very clear and very sure what sort of Step she's taking So when that was agreed abd al-Muttalib came forth and they arranged for the Meeting and all the dignitaries from Quraish and from the two clans and the immediate families they all came together and Some of us say that at that time the father of Say the Khadija was killed was killed in a previous battle And some say no he wasn't if he was killed who a lid wasn't available her uncle Amr ibn Assad As opposed to Khuwalid ibn Assad he was present And acting on her behalf if you like and he they they used to say that whatever she commands So her uncle her father whoever was speaking Depending on which narration you read sometimes they did Khuwalid ibn Assad said that sometimes they say Amr ibn Assad her uncle said Whatever she commands Okay, and So it was agreed Both parts Abu Talib gave a speech a very beautiful speech. It's really well worth People reading about it he Outlined the qualities of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayh. He said he is second to none on this planet Even though he was the wasi Abu Talib being the wasi of abd al-Muttalib who was the khudja and he he Spoke highly about the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi and his qualities And his virtues And on the other side either Khuwalid or Amr ibn Assad They Wholeheartedly agreed that this was the truth What you said about Muhammad is true and we have seen it and we believe in it and They said it would be an honor for us To relate to you through this marriage so the khutba was recited that for the aqd and so on and That's the second thing which I wanted to mention so the first one The various thing but the first one various issues which we could talk about The first one was that when she said say denafisa to the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayh And he inquired who is going to be the woman. She said memlukatika khudija in here when the marriage Ceremony Was completed And the prophet offered the maher like A sadaq or the dowry. I don't know whether dowry is the right name for it Right term for it When he offered the maher Of four thousand dinar some say Which was a big sum at that time To her she accepted it and then she gave it back as a gift to him And then she instructed her cousin waraqa bin nofer To go and announce that I am giving away all my wealth And whatever cattle she had and whatever Slaves she had all of them giving them all away to the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi That shows her love and devotion from day one she It shows her love and devotion but before that it shows Her realization her understanding she knows what she's doing. She's aware what's happening basically. She knows what she is She as if she's seeing the future Okay Okay, this is this is 15 years before The beginning of the mission of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi Before the official prophethood of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi before that time when archangel Gabriel descends on the prophet and he says to him That's 15 years before that but as if she sees She knows exactly what's going to happen You know an ordinary woman if she was less very good and well-mannered and pious and loyal and whatever still wouldn't Normally wouldn't give Her entire wealth whatever she possessed To him on on the first day not only on the first day in fact Soon after they finished the marriage ceremony so this Makes me think that she wasn't just an ordinary woman And to back this up as I said she is referred to in the in the ziyara that we recite for the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi asaddiqa and as I said They When they asked the meaning of asaddiqa which was used which is used For saida mariam alayhi salam the mother of jesus sallallahu alayhi in the quran They asked mama sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi He said al maasum It means maasum so So it's not surprising when we we understand that she is referred to as asaddiqa Or sayidat al nisa or one of the four leading ladies of paradise then we understand Where this comes from that she calls herself Mamluqat al nabi Mamluqat al qalija or she gives away or her wealth Her wealth to the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi that's 15 years before his prophethood so that he can he does Whatever he sees fit to promote islam When it comes to it Which of course he did and of course The prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi that's another thing Um to show it it reveals The station the status of khadija sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi It says was it not were it not for the Lola say for ali wa maala khadija or maala khadija wa say for ali la maqam al islam Were it not for the Sword of imam alayhi alayhi sallam the wealth of say the khadija and the sword of imam alayhi sallam to fend off The attacks of the infidels against the prophet like badr and uhud and various other ones Islam would not have been erected would not have been established It was for these two one of them well ali ibn abit talib is maasum And it wasn't that she gave her wealth After she believed in the prophet after if you like believed in his prophethood from the get go From the word go she she did that and that show goes to show she knew what was what she was doing and By this hadith that were not for the wealth of say the khadija and The sword of imam alayhi alayhi sallam islam would have been erected and established That means until the day of judgment how Whoever Became a muslim and they prayed and fasted And did all their duties religious duties fulfill them From the from that day until the day of judgment The credit of all that goes to say the khadija Obviously it makes sense that the status of say the khadija must be very very high because at the end of the day She's not only the wife of the holy prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. She's the mother of sayyid al fatim alayhi sallam So the the sources must be pure yeah True, but we wanted to reflect on The virtues and the qualities and the status of say the khadija Of course, it must be pure That's very true and it's But when we investigate and see the sort of Stances she had And the thing she said or did You know you're left You just just wondering you're in amazement in amazement that You know She had such a high Or such a good understanding such a real understanding of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and of the future That She did what she did She prepared the ground made made The preparations and the movements that had to be done basically Yes, it's it's it's very amazing. I just wanted to say that There are a lot of other things are mentioned There is a scholar and a researcher Uh by the name Ali Akbar Mahdiyupur And this is one of his works. Um, of course, he's in in Farsi and talks about the A brief history of say the khadija and what she did and As I said from the beginning before her marriage and all the way after until her death and in Mecca yes, it's um There are various issues that are considered in here. Uh, and as I said it starts by talking about the If you like the title that She had one is she as I said she's referred to as a Sadiqa, which means Which is But Means the truthful Um I think the truthful doesn't do it justice. Uh, it's more than that And she someone who is in I feel like in harmony, uh with the teachings of Allah And It's truthful a set a test and Confirms the teaching and submits to the teachings of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala whole In completely and exactly Probably that's sort of meaning of a sundiqa and she's also referred to as Uh, uh, al-Mubarakah Um The the blessed one Um, and of course, uh in the Quran She's referred to as ummun mu'mineen Uh That the wife of the prophet are referred to as ummun mu'mineen and the prophet himself has said that she is the best uh amongst Umma hatil mu'mineen amongst they He has always consistently through us said that Allah has never when um for example I should say, you know, I felt very jealous about that even though I didn't see her and never met her and so on But the prophet every day every single day he used to talk about her And uh, I was very jealous of and I said to her to him that But uh, you're talking about an old woman who passed away and Allah has replaced her with Someone uh, better than her. He got very angry and he said that's not true She uh, Allah has never replaced Uh hadija for me So she was the best as far as the prophet was concerned and uh, and he said that She supported me when everyone abandoned me. Uh, she believed in me when people didn't Believe in me and uh And throughout Her life she was uh a pillar and a support for the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa-allam As I said during before the marriage. She was referred to as al-tahera And she was also referred to she has other names like radia marzia and zakiya Radhi means the one who is content with the will of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and zakiya is another one Reflection of taher is the pure one um And she she had the status that When archangels the very used to come down descend on the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa-allam He says I request I have a request from you to the prophet that you send my regard my salam to Khadija and on on on other occasions you say that Allah has instructed me to Tell you To Narrate or to relate sorry her Allah's salam to khadija So Allah used to send his greetings To khadija via jubrail alayhi salam that goes to show the status of khadija And during the prophet consistently used to say that she was I haven't seen anyone who treated Her Anyone who treated their employees better than Khadija did as far as the employees were concerned. That's also something that um The misconception or the The meaning of the word for example slaves that back in that day it was very common to have slaves, but The the the understanding of the meaning of the word has changed throughout time Because someone when he hears the word slaves Is thinking people in chains treated badly You know less than like animals, but in reality when you observe the historical facts When they call for example the servants like ahlul bayt and the holy prophet Had servants they may call them slaves, but they were not treated like how we know the definition of the word slave The that perception we get in the mind because sometimes it does have a negative effect We just just wanted to confirm that those days and the way they treated the people that were their servants was A lot better than what we might even treat our own family members these days It's not necessarily something negative that people may question. Oh, but how could a prophet ever have a slave? Well, the prophet never did I mean Well, there were slaves and um Well, how did they why did they allow slavery to exist even after declaration? Well, slavery was there and they they Proactively Islam and the imams I mean we we we completely going into a different topic. Yeah, we talk about said the khadija alaihi salam, but uh, just briefly There were slaves and uh, Islam In a in a gradual way Eliminated slavery flight and the policy of Islam was that to encourage people to Uh, uh, freedom They and there are many if you like, uh, they have said in Islam many rewards numerous rewards for um setting free one slaves and in fact as part of the one of the um Compensations that you do for breaking your fast deliberately is Uh to set a slave free So this is these were some of the tactics in in eliminate slavery gradually and practically It is well known that imam zayn abideen alaihi salam used to Every year continuously for many years he used to buy slaves train them educate them And then at the end of the year freedom I mean buying slave was very expensive. So he he endeavored to By as many slaves as possible train them and educate so that they could be independent. They wouldn't fall prey again Uh, train them and educate them Uh, and then set them free. He used to do that on on on yearly basis And it's estimated I've forgotten now Thousands of slaves have been bought and set free by imam zayn abideen alaihi salam And that was a policy that the imam had and other imams had they He was very anxious that he didn't want set them free quickly because they again they could fall prey to others who were in the business So, yes Slave it was there from before islam islam came and through Various tactics if you like teachings, uh, i'm i'm being very brief. There are a lot more much more to say to try to eradicate Uh, uh, practically pragmatically to try to eradicate slavery Um, by encouraging people to free slave which has been done. And of course, uh, at least in the islamic world Soon after like within a century or so There were no mention of slaves, uh, as such as it used to be At the dawn of at the time of the dawn of islam before the before islam began in uh in mecca It's well known that the first Woman who believed in the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alayhi wa sallam was seyda khadija and the first man who believed in the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alayhi was imam alaihi salam and for years Five times a day They used to pray In the by the kaaba three people The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alayhi imam ali and seyda khadija