Holy Prophet Muhammad and His Teachings — Page 8
20. Muhammad and was accepted by him. At this time Khadeeja (may God he pleased with her!) was forty years of age, and Muhammad (on whom be peace and the blessings of God!) was only twenty-five. . Emancipation of Slaves. . The first act of Khadeeja, after her marriage with Muhammad, was that she put the whole of her wealth, including her slaves at the disposal of Muhammad, who immediately set all th→ slaves at liberty, and thus accomplished that in his youth which aged leaders had been unable to accomplish during long life-times viz. , to strike a fatal blow at the root of slavery, in a town where the institution of slavery was the foundation of the entire social fabric and was indispensable to its working. . His life of retirement and contemplation. . A contemplation of the ills that affected his country made him sad, and he was wont to retire to a cave at the top of a mountain called. Hira, three miles from Mecca, where he used to ponder over the condition of his country and the