Hazrat Sayyedah Khadijah — Page 11
11 discharged his duties so well that the expedition met with great success. It was his honesty and intelligent handling of affairs that he made unexpected profit. Maisarah was much impressed by the honesty with which the young leader of the caravan had managed the transactions. He was also impressed by an incident, which happened during the journey. He noticed that when the caravan was camped near a monastery, a Nestorian monk, by the name of Jordis, saw the young leader of the caravan sitting under a tree. He inquired from Maisarah about Muhammad saw. Maisarah replied that Muhammad saw belonged to the Quraish tribe of Makkah. The monk exclaimed that he seemed to be the Prophet of God, whose advent had been told in the Scriptures and made the same kind of recommendations as Monk Baheerah had made to Abu Taalib. On the way back when the caravan reached near the town of Makkah, Maisarah persuaded his leader Muhammad saw to go ahead and break the news of the success of the journey to Khadijah ra. Khadijah ra was waiting for the return of the caravan very eagerly. She used to go to the top of her house from where she could see the road to Syria. One day, surrounded by her friends and servants, she was sitting in the upper storey of her house when she saw a camel advancing rapidly towards the town. She knew that the rider would be Muhammad saw. When she was told about the huge profit in business, she was thrilled and was much impressed by his business skills and capabilities. She was convinced that the success in business was due not only to the condition of the market in Syria but also to the integrity and efficiency of the caravan leader Muhammad saw. Her servant