The Seal of Prophets - His Personality and Character — Page 13
The Seal of Prophets 13 Chapter 3 Early Life & Beginning of Prophethood Khadija ra was referred to earlier as his employer. She was the rich lady who sent him on a trade mission up to Syria. He was found to be always successful in these assignments. But I believe there was another part of this trade, which was the most successful of all, but is usually omitted from being mentioned. When Khadija ra ultimately married him, he was a man of twenty-five, whereas she had already passed her youth and was forty years of age. Despite this age difference, when she proposed, he accepted and lived with her for another twenty-five years. After this marriage had taken place, knowing his dignity and character, Khadija ra offered him her entire property and gave him everything she had. The trade I mentioned as the most honourable, most wonderful and the most successful was this: having received all that wealth and property, he distributed it entirely to the destitute without keeping a penny for himself. It is also a great tribute to Khadija ra who, being the richest woman of Arabia, suddenly became one of its poorest, and never raised an eyebrow, living the rest of her life most faithfully with Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. She was in love with the man who had not yet emerged as a prophet. However, it was not the outward charm of that man but his inward beauty, sparkling like a jewel, which she was in love with. This became evident when the Holy Founder sa of Islam received his first message from God. He was so completely shaken by its force that he returned home trembling as if a fever